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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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