Given name

Homère

Homère is a masculine given name from Latin. It is used in French.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Homère comes from Latin, and ultimately from Ancient Greek.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Latin Homērus, from Ancient Greek Ὅμηρος.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Homère’s family of names

In French usage, Homère has a conventional equivalent in the German form Homer.

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Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Across languages 1

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

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Latin

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Latin

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Latin

Horacy

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Ourente

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Latin

Oller

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Ancient Greek

Héliodore

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Latin

Honorijus

Honorijus is a given name from Latin. It is used in Lithuanian.

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Latin

Honoriusz

“honor”

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Sibling ideas

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