Honor Forename
82,439th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 6,371 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
Cayman Islands
Honor Forename Definition:
F. Direct from the Latin for ‘honour’: cf. Grace. At Rome two temples were built in honour of Honor (or Honos), the personification of that virtue. (See also at Vera)
Honor Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| France | 100% | 1,718 | 1:38,691 | 1,324 |
| England | 100% | 1,362 | 1:40,824 | 2,070 |
| United States | 88% | 1,349 | 1:268,745 | 8,689 |
| Egypt | 97% | 282 | 1:325,890 | 10,093 |
| Brazil | 98% | 260 | 1:823,985 | 22,973 |
| Canada | - | 245 | 1:135,238 | 6,069 |
| Scotland | 100% | 145 | 1:36,899 | 1,331 |
| Australia | - | 145 | 1:94,190 | 3,475 |
| Ireland | 100% | 124 | 1:37,448 | 1,391 |
| Philippines | 59% | 116 | 1:913,875 | 25,562 |
| DR Congo | 91% | 89 | 1:829,524 | 25,650 |
| New Zealand | - | 82 | 1:55,318 | 2,914 |
| Wales | 100% | 52 | 1:59,506 | 1,904 |
| Nigeria | 54% | 48 | 1:3,699,258 | 61,420 |
| South Africa | 95% | 35 | 1:1,558,076 | 50,706 |
| Indonesia | - | 26 | 1:9,921,680 | 317,188 |
| India | 100% | 26 | 1:46,726,076 | 818,939 |
| Thailand | 98% | 21 | 1:3,336,467 | 74,526 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 17 | 1:108,420 | 1,523 |
| Papua New Guinea | 100% | 15 | 1:543,488 | 40,661 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 13 | 1:4,715 | 843 |
| Germany | 83% | 13 | 1:7,436,760 | 27,072 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 12 | 1:113,452 | 7,514 |
| Congo | 100% | 11 | 1:455,382 | 8,101 |
| China | - | 11 | 1:124,186,889 | 65,712 |
| Ivory Coast | - | 11 | 1:2,097,812 | 47,531 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 10 | 1:1,837,947 | 41,704 |
| Mexico | 71% | 8 | 1:15,518,053 | 39,880 |
| Peru | 83% | 7 | 1:4,541,636 | 34,195 |
| Uruguay | - | 6 | 1:571,273 | 6,582 |
| Afghanistan | 80% | 6 | 1:5,437,253 | 29,511 |
| Argentina | 80% | 5 | 1:8,554,649 | 17,386 |
| Benin | - | 5 | 1:2,115,169 | 40,564 |
| Barbados | - | 5 | 1:57,958 | 2,168 |
| Marshall Islands | 75% | 5 | 1:10,246 | 1,467 |
| Colombia | - | 5 | 1:9,555,785 | 40,229 |
| Malaysia | 50% | 5 | 1:6,089,988 | 140,568 |
| Cameroon | - | 4 | 1:5,402,626 | 68,032 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 4 | 1:5,942,420 | 87,370 |
| Madagascar | - | 4 | 1:5,907,352 | 4,093 |
| Singapore | - | 3 | 1:2,095,685 | 22,815 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 3 | 1:1,770,021 | 5,487 |
| Zambia | - | 3 | 1:5,284,931 | 37,895 |
| Japan | - | 3 | 1:42,662,019 | 63,122 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 3 | 1:10,067,298 | 111,314 |
| Hong Kong | - | 3 | 1:2,584,242 | 11,307 |
| Haiti | - | 3 | 1:3,575,651 | 30,510 |
| Turkey | - | 2 | 1:38,900,854 | 64,839 |
| Belgium | 100% | 2 | 1:5,745,020 | 30,381 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 2 | 1:8,451,042 | 32,813 |
| Jamaica | - | 2 | 1:1,441,614 | 15,741 |
| Italy | 100% | 2 | 1:30,531,045 | 57,596 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 2 | 1:88,908 | 5,280 |
| Sweden | 100% | 2 | 1:4,928,954 | 52,965 |
| Cambodia | 50% | 2 | 1:8,136,665 | 51,498 |
| Spain | - | 2 | 1:23,264,982 | 24,876 |
| Vietnam | - | 1 | 1:92,623,113 | 10,484 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 1 | 1:15,423,817 | 113,731 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 1 | 1:7,151,993 | 94,323 |
| Switzerland | - | 1 | 1:8,213,496 | 36,387 |
| Syria | - | 1 | 1:19,306,075 | 9,560 |
| Uganda | 100% | 1 | 1:40,956,920 | 131,348 |
| Jordan | - | 1 | 1:8,826,774 | 11,126 |
| Anguilla | - | 1 | 1:13,255 | 1,687 |
| Austria | - | 1 | 1:8,514,201 | 19,377 |
| Chile | - | 1 | 1:17,607,208 | 48,996 |
| Cuba | - | 1 | 1:11,506,552 | 13,531 |
| Ghana | - | 1 | 1:26,986,216 | 13,521 |
| Guyana | - | 1 | 1:763,262 | 24,238 |
| Iraq | - | 1 | 1:35,017,859 | 22,933 |
| Isle of Man | - | 1 | 1:85,023 | 723 |
| Jersey | - | 1 | 1:99,980 | 2,122 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 1 | 1:54,861 | 2,604 |
| Kazakhstan | - | 1 | 1:17,746,845 | 44,366 |
| Kenya | - | 1 | 1:46,307,110 | 74,921 |
| Morocco | - | 1 | 1:34,348,636 | 18,260 |
| Norway | - | 1 | 1:5,132,329 | 37,513 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 1 | 1:194,357,680 | 303,535 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 1 | 1:7,236,805 | 16,549 |
| Russia | - | 1 | 1:144,233,704 | 184,271 |
| Rwanda | - | 1 | 1:11,371,433 | 4,615 |
Honor (4,294) may also be a surname.
Honor Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
F. Direct from the Latin for ‘honour’: cf. Grace. At Rome two temples were built in honour of Honor (or Honos), the personification of that virtue. (See also at Vera)
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
A female name derived from the Latin honor, honour, worship, respect, reverence. Honor was the name of a goddess worshipped at Rome, whose temples had no entrance but through the Temple of Virtue.
— Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock
Latin (feminine) - Worthy of honour.
— What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody
Honor Forename Popularity
Honor Demographics
Average Honor Salary in
United States
$45,942 USD
Per year
Rank:
171,314 of 531,972
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.000398477
Rank: 8,214 of 532,209
Percentage of national average salary:
105.54%
Sample size: 715 (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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