Honor (given name)

Honor (given name)

Infobox Given name 2
name = Honor | gender =


pronunciation= | meaning =
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related names = Honour, Honora, Honoria, Annora, Nora | footnotes =

Honor is a primarily feminine given name derived from the word "honor", taken from a Latin root word "honos", "honoris". It was a virtue name in use by the Puritans. [ [http://www.behindthename.com/name/honour Behind the Name] ] It is still in occasional use in England and Wales but is an extremely rare name in the United States, where it has never ranked among the top 1,000 names for girls or boys. [ [http://www.ssa.gov/cgi-bin/babyname.cgi Social Security Administration] ]

Variants

*Annora (English)
*Honora (Irish), (Italian)
*Honorata (Italian)
*Honore (French)
*Honorina (Filipino)
*Honorine (French)
*Honour (English)
*Nora (English), (Irish)
*Onóra (Irish)

People named Honor

*Honor Blackman
*Honor Crowley
*Honor Fell
*Honor Ford-Smith
*Honor Fraser
*Honor Harger
*Honor Tracy

Fictional characters

*Honor Harrington

Notes


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