Although many C16th and C17th Protestants were content with Bible-sanctioned names, the more extreme Puritans did not consider even these pure enough. They invented their own abstract 'virtue' or 'slogan' names, some of which entered the common stock. Most of these could be used for either sex but the few modern survivals (Charity, Joy, Mercy etc.) are usually feminine.
| Abstinence | Accepted | Amity |
| Arise | Ashes | Assurance |
| Belief | Charity | Clemency |
| Comfort | Confidence | Constancy |
| Constant | Continent | Delivery |
| Desire | Diffidence | Diligence |
| Discipline | Discretion | Donation |
| Dust | Eart | Earth |
| Elected | Experience | Faith |
| Faithful | Fear | Felicity |
| Forsaken | Fortune | Given |
| Godly | Grace | Gracious |
| Handmaid | Helpless | Honesty |
| Honour | Hope | Hopeful |
| Humble | Humiliation | Humility |
| Increased | Joy | Just |
| Justice | Lament | Lamentation |
| Love | Meek | Mercy |
| Obedience | Patience | Peaceable |
| Perseverance | Piety | Providence |
| Prudence | Purify | Redeemed |
| Reformation | Rejoice | Remember |
| Renewed | Repentance | Resolved |
| Return | Salvation | Steadfast |
| Temperance | Thankful | Tribulation |
| Troth | Truth | Verity |
| Virtue | Wrestling | |
| Be-courteous | Be-faithful | Be-thankful |
| Faint-not | Faith-my-joy | Fear-not |
| Fear-the-Lord | Fight-the-good-fight-of-faith | Fly-debate |
| Fly-fornication | Freegift | From-above |
| God-reward | Hate-evil | Help-on-High |
| Hope-for | Hope-still | If-Christ-had- not-died-for- thee-thou-hadst- been-damned* |
| Jesus-Christ-came- into-the-world- to-save | Job-raked-out-of-the-ashes | Joy-again |
| Kill-sin | Learn-wisdom | Love-well |
| Make-peace | More-fruit | More-trial |
| Much-mercy | No-merit | Praise-God |
| Safe-deliverance | Safe-on-high | Search-the-scriptures |
| Seek-wisdom | Sin-deny | Small-hope |
| Sorry-for-sin | Stand-fast-on-high | The-Lord-is-near |
| The-peace-of-God | Weep-not | What-God-will |
| Zeal-for-the-Lord | Zeal-of-the-land |
* Known as 'Damned' Barebone!
This collection of names was compiled by Kate Monk and is ©1997, Kate Monk.
Copies may be made for personal use only.