Honour
Honor is a primarily feminine given name derived from the word "honour", taken from a Latin root word honos, honoris. It was a virtue name in use by the Puritans. It is still in occasional use in England, 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.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Honour
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Honor is a primarily feminine given name derived from the word "honour", taken from a Latin root word honos, honoris. It was a virtue name in use by the Puritans. It is still in occasional use in England, 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.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Honour
As a girl name
American parents first put Honour on the record books as a girl name in 1988, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2016, when 22 Honours were born — ranking #5,796 that year. About 41% of every Honour on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Honour ranks #7,439 for girls with 14 births, gradually rising (+14%). All told, over 285 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
Honour first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a boy name in 2007, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2022: 19 births, good for #5,018 nationwide. About 60% of every Honour on record arrived during the 2020s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Honour ranks #5,895 for boys with 15 births, rising sharply (+140% over the past five years). All told, over 138 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2000s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Honour
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Honour. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Notable people named Honour
A small selection from Wikipedia. Tap "Read more" below to see the full list on Wikipedia.
- Honor Blackman (1925–2020), English actress
- Honor Carter (born 1982), field hockey player from New Zealand
- Honor Crowley (1903–1966), Irish politician
- Honor Fell (1900–1986), English biologist and zoologist
- Honor Flaherty (died 1848), Irish Famine victim
- Honor Ford-Smith (born 1951), Jamaican actress, playwright, scholar, and poet
- Honor Fraser (born 1974), Scottish art dealer and former model
- Honor Harger (born 1975), curator and artist from New Zealand
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Names that sound like Honour
Phonetically similar names — useful when Honour is the vibe but a different syllable count or letter feel might suit better. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
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About the name Honour
Honour is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1988 and has accumulated 285 births in the dataset. Honour's peak popularity came in 2016 when it ranked #5,796. Use the chart and map above to compare Honour's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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