In "Young Goodman Brown," what is significant about the names of the title character and his wife?

The emphasis of Young Goodman Brown's name should be on the Goodman part of it. He is a "good man." He is a man that has faith. The story shows readers this in a very concrete way. Young Goodman Brown is married to a woman named Faith. As the story progresses, Brown meets the Devil and he begins to have his faith in God and in his community shaken. The Devil shows him that people Brown once thought of as deep men and women of faith are actually followers of Satan. The good man of faith that is Brown determines that he will not be shaken because he has strong faith. His Faith (wife) will never be turned; however, the Devil then plays his trump card and shows that Faith is one of his too. Brown has lost his Faith to the Devil. Consequently, because Brown lost Faith, he also loses his faith in everything else.

"My Faith is gone!"