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faith Name Meaning and History

English (most frequent in northern Ireland): from Middle English fe(i)th ‘belief (especially Christian belief)’, ‘faithfulness’, ‘loyalty’. This may have been a nickname for a trustworthy person, but was more probably bestowed on one who used ‘Faith!’ frequently as a mild oath or exclamation.

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Distribution of faith Families in the US in 1920
Number of faith families
 37-71
 13-36		 1-12
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Faith's of Leavenworth County, Kansas Melissa Wilkerson 1
Robert L. Faith michell_mueller 1
Capt. Don C. Faith, TX 1918 drbrownlee 0
Faiths of MD, IL Jennifer Hejtmanek 53
Betty O'Dea's Faith Ancestory Book (I have it!!). Maria 3
John Darwin Faith Jr. spillerstl 1
FAITH, DON C., JR.; Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient KOREAN WAR jasche 0
Alexander B. Faith Sally Wilkinson 3
Faith of Georgia Annette Womack 1
OBIT Mrs. Elizabeth Faith, Rayne twp., PA May 2, 1900 Marianne_Vol_Researcher 0
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