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I've never really thought of it as a name, but at least the meaning's good.

I love it!

I dislike it because of childhood memories of an English woman who wrote dreadful 'poetry' on inspirational themes in women's magazines. She used the name Patience Strong, which tells you all you need to know. And as children we always used to chant "Patience is a virtue, virtue is a grace" ... as a name, I actually would prefer Patience to Grace I think, but the saccharine Ms Strong wrecked it for me for ever.

I really like it actually. I do however prefer it for a mn, rather than a fn.

I used to really love Patience (the combo I had was Augusta Patience). I still like it (and many other virtue names, like Mercy, Verity, and Charity), but I usually reserve virtue names for the middle name slot in order to avoid the ironic fate Ozma described.

It's a GP of mine, I think it has a soft simple charm to it =]

I don't like it.

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I do like the way it sounds. I even quite like that it is a word name (I love most virtue names). My problem is that I don't think Patience is a virtue. I think its kind of submissive and it isn't really a quality I think highly enough of that I'd name my kid for it.

If you use the nn. Patty its fine. I dont like it on a young child is my problem. It would be lovely has the grow up but you need an nn. for a little 3 year old who is not gonna have patience.

I'm normally not one much for word names, but Patience strikes me as a beautiful, gentle name.

I love Patience as a name. The meaning is obviously good. But it's the sound of it that I love. It sparkles yet ironically it does so quietly. That's very attractive to me.

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I like to use the nn Pax with it.

I like it for the way it sounds and the meaning. It's unusual, but at the same time, it's not wacky to the point of being difficult to spell or remember.

I really like the name Patience. I'd far prefer to meet a Patience over a Faith, Hope or Charity. It's fresh and unexpected, yet sounds medieval or darkly Puritan. It's soft and makes me think of delicate, almost spidery lacework over a blood-red velvet, starched Jacobean ruffs and subdued lighting in long endless hallways. I especially love the "ience" ending, it is so delicately delicious. I enjoy the way it sounds. I think this dark, almost limbo-like imagery is why I love seing it paired with the dark, heavy wood furniture of names: Patience Margaret, Patience Cornelia, Patience Lydia, Patience Helena, etc.

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Plus, if a Patience disliked her name, she could concievably ask to be called Pat, Patsy or Patty, which is more socially common.

I can't get behind virtue names, because I always envision a person becoming the complete opposite of what their name suggests. What if a Patience grows up to be impatient and demanding? What if a Faith decides to be an atheist? What if a Chastity becomes promiscuous? They're not really a BAD idea, but they have potential to become "loaded", and I would try to avoid that. JMO, though.

This message was edited 5/12/2010, 9:38 AM