Honour

Where Honour comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Honour.

  • English
Honour through the years
  1. 1988
    First appearance
    #11,798 among girls with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 2016
    Peak, #5,796
    22 babies named Honour, the most in any year.
  3. 2017
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #9,341.
  4. 2023
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name. From this year on, more girls have.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from English, a less common spelling of Honor.
Namesakes

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