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Honoré
Say it: oh-noh-RAY
Meaning
From Latin Honoratus 'honoured'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Used in France and Monaco through the 19th century and rare today.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 252 babies given this name since 1898
- At its height in 1898, about 1 in 51,800 girls
- Fewer than 5 babies a year in 2020
Through the ages
- The Renaissance1400 to 1600
- The Colonial Americas1500 to 1800
- The Age of Revolutions1750 to 1837
- Victorian and Belle Époque1837 to 1914
Used by
The family of the name
| Italian | Onorato |
|---|---|
| Latin | Honoratus |
Famous bearers
- Honoré de Balzac, French novelist
- Honoré Daumier, caricaturist
Names worth a look
Where this comes from
- Lives of the saints and early Christian martyrologies
- Royal and noble genealogies
- Parish baptism registers
- Calendars of saints and name days
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.
Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.