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Honor Names for Girls

There are 18 Honor names for baby girls. Displayed on this page are Honor names 1 to 18. Within these names, Elizabeth (English) was the most popular in 2007, followed in descending order by Victoria (English, German, and Spanish), Caroline (English and French), Juliana (Dutch, English, German, Portuguese, and Spanish), Fatima (Arabic), Bethany (English), and Martha (English, German, Greek, and Scandinavian). The unusual Honor names are Honorée (French), Honoria (English), Tiziana (German and Italian), Begoña (Spanish), Belén (Spanish), Charisse (French), Christabel (English), Cornelia (Dutch, English, German, Italian, and Romanian), Gemma (German and Italian), Linnéa (German and Scandinavian), and Naiara (Basque and Spanish).

Honor names are rather popular as baby girl names. Their usage peaked in 1913 with 2.437% of baby girls being given Honor names. Within the top 1000 baby names then, there were 5 Honor names. The names have slipped in popularity since then, and they are of moderate use in recent times. In 2007, their total usage was 1.384% with 7 Honor names listed among the top 1000. Among all Honor names, Elizabeth (English) was the most widely used, with a ranking of #10 and a usage of 0.6158%.

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WORD/MEANING MATCH:

Honorée ... honored ...The boy name Honorée is pronounced aaNerIY ... Honorée's language of origin is Latin and it is ...

Honoria ... honored ... from the word honor with the meaning 'honor, ...

Tiziana ... honored ... the meaning 'title of honor' ...


DESCRIPTION MATCH:

Begoña ... latter was bestowed in honor of Michel Bégon ...

Belén ... house of bread ... name has been used in honor of King David's and ...

Bethany Popularity Trend of Bethany
from 1900 to 2007.
2007 Rank: 292 292 ... house of figs ... name, often bestowed in honor of Mary of Bethany, ...

Caroline Popularity Trend of Caroline
from 1900 to 2007.
2007 Rank: 99 99 ... man, free man ... by King Charles II in honor of his father Charles ...

Charisse Popularity Trend of Charisse
from 1900 to 2007. ... grace, kindness ... was first bestowed in honor of the American dancer ...

Christabel ... beautiful Christian ... sometimes bestowed in honor of the suffragette ...

Cornelia Popularity Trend of Cornelia
from 1900 to 2007. ... war horn ... was often bestowed in honor of the Roman matron ...

Elizabeth Popularity Trend of Elizabeth
from 1900 to 2007.
2007 Rank: 10 10 ... God is perfection, God is my oath ... was often bestowed in honor of Queen Elizabeth I of ...

Fatima Popularity Trend of Fatima
from 1900 to 2007.
2007 Rank: 232 232 ... chaste, motherly ... by Roman Catholics in honor of Our Lady of Fatima, ...

Gemma ... precious stone ... bestow the name in honor of Saint Gemma Galgani ...

Juliana Popularity Trend of Juliana
from 1900 to 2007.
2007 Rank: 160 160 ... has been bestowed in honor of her even into recent ...

Linnéa ... were later named in honor of him ...

Martha Popularity Trend of Martha
from 1900 to 2007.
2007 Rank: 586 586 ... lady ... was often bestowed in honor of Martha Washington ...

Naiara ... wanderer (?) ... been bestowed in honor of her. ...

Victoria Popularity Trend of Victoria
from 1900 to 2007.
2007 Rank: 29 29 ... victor, conqueror ... as a name bestowed in honor of the queen, who got ...



Popularity Trend
for Honor Names
from 1900 to 2006Variant Popularity Chart
for Honor Names
in 2006