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35. That's an old school name stemming from The Virtues

Fri Jun 20, 2014, 02:04 PM

Jun 2014

Faith, Hope, Charity are the big ones, but women have been long saddled with the names Patience, Constance, Chastity, and even Temperance.

Plus, Cher had a movie out in 1969 called "Chastity" (written and produced by Sonny Bono) -- the same year their daughter was born. So it may have been primarily for promotional purposes...

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