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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)
Helpful
Honor / Honour
Hopeful
Increase
Inspiration
Inspire
Integrity
Joyful (maybe)
Laughter
Life
Memory
Merritt / Merit
Merry
Mighty
Modest
Pacific
Peaceable
Peaceful
Perseverance
Providence
Prudence (maybe)
Quiet
Radiance
Rebel
Recompense
Reliance
Remembrance
Repentance
Resilience
Resolve
Rest
Reverence
Sincere
Solace
Temperance (maybe)
Thankful
Tolerance
Tribulation
Trust
Truth
Victory (maybe)
Virtue
Wealthy
Wonder

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And some that would probably best as exclusively masculine:

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Allegiance
Concord
Dare
Endurance
Esteem
Fortitude
Freedom
Honest
Justice
Loyal
Noble
Pardon
Persevere
Proud
Redemption
Reformation
Resolved
Royal
Salvation
Steadfast
Unfeigned
Valor
Vision
Wisdom
Zeal

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Sorry the lists are kinda overlong; I couldn't think of many virtue names, so I Googled, and ended up finding a few more than I intended!

This message was edited 8/4/2015, 2:12 AM