Given name & surname
Favor
“one who grants her approval”
Favor is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “one who grants her approval.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “one who grants her approval.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2002. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Favor through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 656
- 139 boys · 517 girls
- Most popular year
- 2022
- 41 babies
- 2025
- 39
- #4,589 for girls · #8,469 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +43%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 30 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 4,589 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 39.4% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. It also appeared in 9 birth records for boys in 2025. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 613 as a first name in 2020; 1,151 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Favor’s family of names
Favor has a related form in Favar. Favor has a related form in Faver. Favor has a related form in Favorre.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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