It belongs to the tradition of giving children the name of a quality to live up to, the same impulse behind Faith or Hope. Here the quality is sound judgment and understanding. The meaning is the plain English word, carried straight onto the child.
As a given name it has notable use in parts of Africa, where virtue names of this kind are warmly embraced.
Did you know? The meaning usually attached to Wisdom is 'wise', and that core idea is what gives the name most of its long-term appeal.
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Hope— another plain-English virtue name in the same name-the-quality tradition.
Solomon— a name long associated with wisdom, sharing Wisdom's central idea.
