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Justice, Able, Chance, Sage (a person of wisdom), Noble, Pax (for peace), Ernest, Constantine, Clement (to grant clemency is to grant mercy), Will, Concord, and Valiant are all typically boy names.

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Somewhat unisex names include:
Honor
Freedom
Remember
Valor
Reason
Merit
Passion
Truth
Patriot
Dare
Resolve

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Honor is probably my favorite. You may want to go with a name that has a virtue meaning like Elessar, which means hope in Tolkien's elvish, or Salvatore meaning savior.

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Faithful from The Pilgrim's Progress made me really like that for a boy, but in a video adaptation they made Faithful a woman instead, so I guess that could be unisex. I'd still prefer to think of it as the "boy's version" of Faith, though.

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Ones I could see working for either...

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Modesty
Deliverance
Remembrance
Sojourner (not entirely sure if this is considered a virtue name or not)
Honor
Justice
Blythe
Truth / True
Freedom

Sage
Ransom - which connotes the word Redemption, Jesus Christ was ransomed so that Believers might be saved.
Meridian
Apex
Merritt
Justice
Loyal
Sabbath
Everest
True
Noble
Shepherd - As in, Jesus Christ, the Good Shepherd
Knightly
Priestly
Valor
Anchor
Chance
Sincere
August
Pax
Revere
Sterling

I can't think of any in relatively common use (maybe August? kinda), but my favorite virtue names for boys:
Ardor
Constance
Grace
Honor
Jubilation
Merit
Noble
Sage
Troth
Truth
Victory
Zeal

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Then there's Clemence and Perseverence too.

Verity is usually a girl's name, but in the 'Realm of the Elderlings', it's a guy: Prince (and later King) Verity. Also in 'Realm of the Elderlings' (all male): Chivalry, Regal, Shrewd, Dutiful, Steady, Swift, Nimble, Thick, Paragon. I'm not sure which of those could be usable (and some might not really count as virtue names). There is also a character who's name is supposedly unpronounceable by everyone not from his country but translates as "Beloved." He decides to call his best friend (also male) Beloved as a joke.

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Clemence always sounds more masculine to me than feminine, though I'm not sure it really counts a a virtue name. (The virtue name would be Clemency, which does sound quite feminine to me.)

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Faithful is the name of a male character in, uh, I think it's Paradise Lost? Or the Faerie Queen? Something like that, but he's the best friend/sidekick of the main character.

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Happy is the nickname of Harold Hogan, longtime friend and ally of Iron Man. Not sure how I'd feel about it as a given name rather than a nn, though.

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Pride is a male character in 'Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood' - where there are characters named after each of the Seven Deadly Sins; as well as Pride, the male ones are Wrath, Gluttony, Greed, and Sloth. I'm not sure Envy's gender is ever clarified.

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Charming is a male character in 'Once Upon a Time' (and probably a few other adaptations of fairy tales).

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Some virtue names that I think could work as unisex:

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Acceptance (maybe)
Accepted
Agape
Approved
Arise (maybe)
Assurance (maybe)
Belief
Bright
Confidence (maybe)
Content
Courage
Credence
Dare
Defiance
Deliverance
Diligence
Discretion
Dream
Eternal
Ever
Fate
Fidelity
Fortune (maybe)
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