Given name
Onora
Onora is a form of Honora. One Latin interpretation is “having a good name and integrity; an honorable woman.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Irish use, Onora carries the interpretation “having a good name and integrity; an honorable woman.” Onora is a form of Honora. One Latin interpretation is “having a good name and integrity; an honorable woman.”
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Irish.
How it developed
Onora is used as a form of Honora.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2008. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Onora through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 99
- 0 boys · 99 girls
- Most popular year
- 2020
- 12 babies
- 2025
- 8
- #11,667 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −33%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 8 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 11,667 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Onora’s family of names
In Norwegian usage, Onora has a conventional equivalent in the German form Eleonore. Onora is a form of Honora. Onora has a related form in Onorina.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 22
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Onora
- Keny ArkanaArgentine-French rapper and activistborn 1982
- Onora O'NeillBritish philosopher and college principal (born 1941)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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