Honoria

Latin
"woman of honor"

Honoria Origin and Meaning

The name Honoria is a girl's name meaning "woman of honor".

This is an eighteenth century elaboration of Honor found in Charles Dickens (Bleak House) but rarely heard here and now.

Famous People Named Honoria

  • (Justa Grata) Honoria
    sister of the Western Roman Emperor Valentinian III, famous for her plea of love and help to Attila the Hun
  • Honoria Somerville Keer
    British WWI physician
  • Honoria Acosta
    Sison, first Filipina woman physician

Honoria in Pop Culture

  • Honoria
    Lady Dedlock, 'bearer (before marriage) of the illegitimate Esther Summerson, by Captain Hawdon,' in Charles Dickens' Bleak House
  • Honoria Brady
    Barry Lyndon's cousin in W.M. Thackeray's "Barry Lyndon"
  • Honoria Glossop
    character in the Jeeves stories by P. G. Wodehouse
  • Honoria Smythe
    Smith, character in novels by Julia Quinn
  • Honoria Fell
    character from The Vampire Diaries
  • Lady Honoria
    main character in "Honoria and Mammon" by James Shirley