Entry № 4351 · Latin origin

Honor Honor — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ ON-er /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Latin
Meaning
"Honor, dignity"
Syllables
2
First recorded
17th c. (English Puritan)

A name that means "honor, dignity".

Honor comes directly from the English word — from the Latin honor, meaning "esteem, dignity, public office." English Puritans adopted Honor as a virtue name in the 17th century alongside Faith, Hope, Mercy, and Patience.

Honor entered the U.S. top 1000 in 2008. The actress Honor Blackman (Pussy Galore in Goldfinger) and Jessica Alba's daughter Honor (born 2008) are notable bearers.

Honor. The Puritan virtue name.

The name in its native script.

Honor
Transliteration
Honor
Pronunciation
/ ˈɒn.ər /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Honor stands.

Honor does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Honors before her.

Real people
Honor Blackman
British actress, Pussy Galore in Goldfinger.
1925 – 2020
Honor Warren
Daughter of Jessica Alba and Cash Warren.
born 2008
In fiction

Names connected to Honor.

The number behind Honor.

7

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Honor reduce to 7, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.