Honor is a girl's name of English origin meaning “to settle such disputes firmly.” In 2024 it was given to 91 girls in the United States.
Honor belongs to the English & American tradition. Its meaning — “to settle such disputes firmly” — is the sense carried by its English roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Honor first appears in Social Security records in 1888. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #1116 in 1897, and in 2024 91 babies received the name — 3,053 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Honor means “to settle such disputes firmly” in its English roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Honor is a girl name. In 2024, 91 babies received the name in the US.
Honor comes from the English & American tradition.
Honor first appears in US records in 1888. Its best-ever ranking was #1116 in 1897, and 91 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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