Honest

Where Honest comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Honest.

Honest through the years
  1. 2006
    First appearance
    #17,168 among girls with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 2022
    Peak, #3,220
    50 babies named Honest, the most in any year.
  3. 2023
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name. From this year on, more boys have.
  4. 2023
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #5,248.
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes

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