HONOR  

Gender: F
Origin: Virtue name

A 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 it for her daughter, Jessica Alba brought it very much into the modern world.

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

International Variations:
Honorina (Filipino) Honoriahonorine, Honore (French) Onóra (Irish Gaelic) Honorata, Honora (Italian)

Honor is being discussed in our message boards:

• Best of British - some Telegraph birth announcements
• Bizarre Name List.
• Help us with a first name!
• Second Girl, Fourth Child--Suggestions?
• Triple A, Triple B, Triple C... Girls!

Read Nameberry blog posts about Honor:

• WORD NAMES FOR BABIES: What's in a word?
• NEWER NAMES IN OLDER CATEGORIES: Fresh florals and varied virtues
• STAR POWER: The influence of starbabies
• AFRICAN-AMERICAN NAMES: Early Day, Place, and Word Names
• CELEBRITY BABY NAMES: Brooklyn yes, Bronx no