Honora

Where Honora comes from

Medieval variant of Honoria, feminine form of Honorius.
— Wiktionary's entry for Honora
  • Latin
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1751
    Honora Sneyd born
    English writer
  2. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #836 among girls — 5 babies in the first year on record.
  3. 1881
    Peak, #582
    9 babies named Honora — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1970
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Latin, mainly used in Ireland.
Namesakes
  • Honora Sneyd · English writer, 1751–1780

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.