Honor

ON-er

English word, virtue name

"honor"

Honor Origin and Meaning

The name Honor is a boy's name meaning "honor".

A classic virtue name for girls stretching back to the Pilgrim times, in more recent years, Honor has become one of the unisex baby names with a near-even gender split. Rarely used on boys before the 2010s, it has nearly doubled in use over the last decade.

Honor is quality that is universally admiral and a majority of parents would want their child to know and do what is morally right. Honor therefore fits any gender and it sounds and looks enough like Connor, Valor, or Hector that it feels grounded and wearable.

Given to 110 boys in 2023 and 100 girls, notable bearers include artist Honor Titus and football player Honor Jackson while playwright and novelist Honoré de Balzac had a French variant.

Popularity of the name Honor

• 1934 Nameberry 2025
• 573 Unique 2023
• 251 Unisex 2023

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