Given name & surname
Honour
Honour is a variant of Honora. One Latin interpretation is “having a good name and integrity; an honorable woman.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Honour is a variant of Honora. One Latin interpretation is “having a good name and integrity; an honorable woman.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Latin.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1988. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Honour through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 375
- 109 boys · 266 girls
- Most popular year
- 2022
- 36 babies
- 2025
- 9
- #10,410 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +15%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 9 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 10,410 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 5.8% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 22 in 2016. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 318 as a first name in 2020; 226 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.
Honour’s family of names
Honour has a related form in Honora. In English usage, Honour has a related form in Honor.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 2
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
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