Homer Forename
15,985th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 59,389 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
American Samoa
Homer Forename Definition:
A male name. Greek 'Ομηρος, Latin Homerus. The name of the poet is sometimes used as a christian name in the USA, and an example occurs at Manchester in 1591.
Homer Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 40,704 | 1:8,907 | 1,011 |
| Philippines | 100% | 9,206 | 1:11,515 | 1,486 |
| DR Congo | 99% | 4,561 | 1:16,187 | 1,433 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 1,340 | 1:22,994 | 3,005 |
| Peru | 100% | 569 | 1:55,873 | 2,671 |
| Canada | 100% | 507 | 1:65,352 | 3,927 |
| Colombia | 100% | 339 | 1:140,941 | 3,917 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 317 | 1:95,274 | 4,409 |
| Jamaica | - | 260 | 1:11,089 | 1,209 |
| Honduras | 100% | 208 | 1:42,392 | 2,086 |
| Mexico | 100% | 147 | 1:844,520 | 7,420 |
| China | - | 94 | 1:14,532,508 | 59,980 |
| England | 93% | 83 | 1:669,915 | 12,875 |
| Ecuador | - | 79 | 1:224,391 | 3,652 |
| India | 54% | 73 | 1:16,642,164 | 419,050 |
| Indonesia | - | 66 | 1:3,908,540 | 166,311 |
| Qatar | 100% | 54 | 1:43,882 | 5,785 |
| Afghanistan | 96% | 46 | 1:709,207 | 10,196 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 37 | 1:281,926 | 10,232 |
| Brazil | 100% | 36 | 1:5,951,004 | 87,869 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 32 | 1:148,998 | 3,979 |
| Chile | 100% | 31 | 1:567,974 | 6,542 |
| Belize | 100% | 28 | 1:12,654 | 1,726 |
| Germany | 100% | 28 | 1:3,452,781 | 16,151 |
| El Salvador | - | 27 | 1:234,881 | 3,098 |
| Australia | - | 25 | 1:546,305 | 8,356 |
| Russia | 100% | 24 | 1:6,009,738 | 27,399 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 22 | 1:39,594 | 1,941 |
| Hong Kong | - | 22 | 1:352,397 | 3,870 |
| Iraq | 100% | 19 | 1:1,843,045 | 11,423 |
| New Zealand | - | 19 | 1:238,739 | 7,355 |
| France | 100% | 18 | 1:3,692,797 | 17,000 |
| Panama | 100% | 16 | 1:244,160 | 8,726 |
| South Africa | 90% | 16 | 1:3,408,291 | 83,416 |
| Argentina | 92% | 15 | 1:2,851,550 | 9,163 |
| Singapore | 100% | 15 | 1:419,137 | 10,588 |
| American Samoa | - | 14 | 1:3,989 | 735 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 13 | 1:550,153 | 19,206 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 12 | 1:1,800,875 | 40,142 |
| Greece | - | 12 | 1:911,212 | 9,057 |
| Scotland | 100% | 12 | 1:445,864 | 5,809 |
| Spain | - | 12 | 1:3,877,497 | 14,638 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 12 | 1:1,980,807 | 51,381 |
| Israel | 67% | 9 | 1:933,658 | 13,501 |
| Malaysia | 100% | 9 | 1:3,383,327 | 86,111 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 8 | 1:752,292 | 11,019 |
| Belgium | 100% | 7 | 1:1,641,434 | 16,483 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 7 | 1:3,296,562 | 60,611 |
| Sweden | 100% | 7 | 1:1,408,272 | 24,832 |
| Uruguay | - | 7 | 1:489,662 | 6,003 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 6 | 1:16,566 | 2,341 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 6 | 1:2,684,738 | 6,435 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 6 | 1:29,594,060 | 217,150 |
| Thailand | 100% | 6 | 1:11,677,636 | 152,954 |
| Iran | - | 5 | 1:15,699,374 | 37,124 |
| Italy | 98% | 5 | 1:12,212,418 | 34,417 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 5 | 1:38,871,536 | 142,270 |
| Senegal | 100% | 5 | 1:2,916,271 | 15,947 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 5 | 1:1,642,699 | 15,939 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 5 | 1:21,949 | 2,239 |
| Benin | - | 4 | 1:2,643,961 | 45,199 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 4 | 1:4,594,867 | 56,462 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 4 | 1:24,390,033 | 19,296 |
| Fiji | - | 4 | 1:223,094 | 2,508 |
| Ghana | - | 4 | 1:6,746,554 | 8,075 |
| Libya | - | 4 | 1:1,555,327 | 1,779 |
| Morocco | - | 4 | 1:8,587,159 | 11,086 |
| Poland | 100% | 4 | 1:9,506,778 | 5,827 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | - | 4 | 1:340,355 | 15,394 |
| Congo | 100% | 3 | 1:1,669,735 | 30,542 |
| South Korea | - | 3 | 1:1,848,140 | 23,578 |
| Bahamas | - | 2 | 1:199,685 | 2,758 |
| Belarus | 100% | 2 | 1:4,741,192 | 16,466 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 2 | 1:1,762,229 | 6,852 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 2 | 1:30,650 | 1,815 |
| Czechia | 97% | 2 | 1:5,328,081 | 8,108 |
| Haiti | - | 2 | 1:5,363,476 | 32,317 |
| Japan | - | 2 | 1:63,993,028 | 72,606 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 2 | 1:25,615 | 3,101 |
| Norway | - | 2 | 1:2,566,164 | 24,989 |
| Oman | - | 2 | 1:2,054,334 | 8,531 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 2 | 1:27,430 | 2,159 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 2 | 1:95,998 | 3,765 |
| Uganda | 100% | 2 | 1:20,478,460 | 91,660 |
| Wales | 100% | 2 | 1:1,547,154 | 12,610 |
| Zambia | - | 2 | 1:7,927,397 | 45,785 |
| Ireland | 60% | 1 | 1:4,643,519 | 13,375 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 1 | 1:1,843,146 | 3,737 |
| Albania | 100% | 1 | 1:3,046,570 | 49,159 |
| Algeria | - | 1 | 1:38,176,720 | 32,669 |
| Anguilla | - | 1 | 1:13,255 | 1,687 |
| Aruba | - | 1 | 1:103,780 | 2,838 |
| Azerbaijan | - | 1 | 1:9,642,944 | 42,290 |
| Bahrain | - | 1 | 1:1,348,673 | 7,854 |
| Bangladesh | - | 1 | 1:159,461,366 | 36,167 |
| Barbados | - | 1 | 1:289,789 | 3,893 |
| Bolivia | - | 1 | 1:10,601,404 | 9,299 |
| Cook Islands | - | 1 | 1:18,153 | 1,349 |
| Cuba | - | 1 | 1:11,506,552 | 13,531 |
| Egypt | - | 1 | 1:91,900,946 | 53,283 |
| Finland | - | 1 | 1:5,483,183 | 25,487 |
| French Polynesia | - | 1 | 1:277,902 | 3,605 |
| Georgia | - | 1 | 1:3,738,466 | 29,095 |
| Grenada | 100% | 1 | 1:108,125 | 4,208 |
| Guam | - | 1 | 1:160,646 | 3,210 |
| Guyana | - | 1 | 1:763,262 | 24,238 |
| Kuwait | - | 1 | 1:3,785,264 | 15,388 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 1 | 1:5,627,571 | 19,299 |
| Liberia | 100% | 1 | 1:4,412,061 | 36,340 |
| Lithuania | - | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| Macau | - | 1 | 1:608,209 | 2,350 |
| Mauritania | - | 1 | 1:4,095,239 | 27,701 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 1 | 1:16,902,083 | 43,152 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 1 | 1:3,550,301 | 10,040 |
| Romania | - | 1 | 1:20,051,976 | 55,376 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 1 | 1:177,815 | 8,104 |
| Saint Martin | - | 1 | 1:35,746 | 277 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | - | 1 | 1:111,580 | 7,062 |
| Serbia | - | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| Slovakia | - | 1 | 1:5,310,063 | 9,949 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1 | 1:20,799,087 | 16,824 |
| Togo | - | 1 | 1:7,239,239 | 8,047 |
| Turkey | - | 1 | 1:77,801,709 | 91,051 |
| Vietnam | - | 1 | 1:92,623,113 | 10,484 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 1 | 1:15,423,817 | 113,731 |
The alternate forms: Hómer (1), Hömer (1) & Homér (1) are calculated separately.
Homer (20,155) may also be a surname.
Homer Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A male name. Greek 'Ομηρος, Latin Homerus. The name of the poet is sometimes used as a christian name in the USA, and an example occurs at Manchester in 1591.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
Much less frequent in England than in America, its use obviously implies a compliment to one of the world’s three—or is it four?—greatest poets. The name appears to be related to a Greek word meaning ‘a security’ or ‘pledge’.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
An English baptismal name at the present time. From the classical name, in Greek ‘Ομηρος, signifying a pledge, security, hostage. Others say from ομηρειν, to follow; or, on account of blindness, from ‘ομηρος, for μηορος,. But see also Stephanus; Gaisford; and Barnes ad certamen Homeri et Hesiodi, p. xxi. n. 7; et Lucian, t. I. p. 676.
— Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock
A Cumaean name, meaning: Blind. (Greek) Security: a hostage: a pledge.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Homer Forename Popularity
Homer Demographics
Average Homer Salary in
United States
$37,406 USD
Per year
Rank:
290,484 of 531,972
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.010695
Rank: 1,001 of 532,209
Percentage of national average salary:
85.93%
Sample size: 23,570 (2014)
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD
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