Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Horrace isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1915. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Horrace through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 73
- 73 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1918
- 9 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 1952. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 9 in 1918.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Horrace’s family of names
Horrace may belong to the same name family as Horace. This is a tentative spelling connection.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Similar names
If you love Horrace, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Hale
“from the hall of light; a heroine” · “from the hall; a hero”
>99% boys
Homer
“a tomboyish woman” · “of the pledge; an epic poet”
>99% boys
Odie
“a sweet melody” · “one who is wealthy”
>99% boys
Harmon
“a soldier”
91% boys · 9% girls
Hilton
“a wealthy woman” · “from the town on the hill”
85% boys · 15% girls
Orville
“from the gold town”
>99% boys
Olan
“the last of the ancestors”
>99% boys
Osborne
“a bear of God”
>99% boys