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Gender: F Popularity: this week. Origin of Honor: Virtue name
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Honor is a somewhat more pressured virtue name than Hope or Grace, placing a high standard on any girl carrying it, but it’s a goal worth setting. By choosing Honor for her daughter, Jessica Alba brought it very much into the modern world. The more feminine Honora is also pretty and a fresh route to Nora.

Probably the best known bearer is British actress Honor Blackman, remembered for her roles in The Avengers and the James Bond Goldfinger.

Famous People Named Honor

Honor Marie, daughter Jessica Alba and Cash Warren
Honor Moore, American writer
Honor Blackman, English actress

Pop Culture References for the Name Honor

On the NBC show Scrubs, Turk presents the name as a choice to his wife (Carla), but she dismisses it because of all of the jokes that can be made using it.

Honor is the name of Logan Huntzberger's sister on the tv show Gilmore Girls.

Honorea, Honoria, Honorine, Honour, Nora, Norah, Noreen, Norine, Norrie, Nureen

Honor's International Variations

Honorina (Filipino) Honore (French) Onóra (Irish Gaelic) Honorata, Honora (Italian)