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Honey

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Linda Rosenkrantz
By Linda Rosenkrantz
Updated Tue Jul 01 2025

Honey Origin and Meaning

The name Honey is a girl's name.

Honey entered the US Top 1000 for the first time ever in 2024, following the lead of parents in England, who've elevated this nickname-name to the Top 300 girls' names in the UK. Honey's popularity in the UK can be credited to its status as a cute British celebrity baby name, used by actress Kate Winslet, chef Jamie Oliver, and TV presenter Fearne Cotton, among others.

More broadly, Honey's spike in popularity may have been inspired by the release of the 2022 film adaptation of Matilda the Musical, which, like the enduring novel it's based on, features the kind, compassionate teacher, Miss. Honey. Alternatively, nickname-names were just big in 2024, with Scottie, Billie, Lettie, and Indy also climbing the charts.

If you find this name super sweet, but worry about its use as a (sometimes condescending) term of endearment, you could consider Honora, Henrietta, Helen, Hermione, or Holland with the nickname Honey instead.

# 935 in the US

Honey Rank in US Top 1000

# 629 on Nameberry

Honey Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

Popularity of the name Honey

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Famous People Named Honey

  • Honey Irani
    Indian actress
  • Honey Rose Varghese
    Indian actress
  • Honey Langtree
    drummer of English band The Honeycombs
  • Honey Long
    Sydney,based artist
  • Honey Mahogany
    stage name of Alpha Mulugeta, American drag queen
  • Honey Boo Boo
    nickname of Alana Thompson, American child beauty queen and reality TV personality
  • Rhonda Honey Shear
    American actress and TV personality
  • Peaches Honeyblossom Geldof
    American TV personality; daughter of singer Bob Geldof
  • Honey Hollman (b. 1981)
    daughter of actor Jack Nicholson and model Winnie Hollman
  • Honey Hipgrave (b. 2002)
    daughter of musician Dan Hipgrave and TV presenter Gail Porter
  • Honey Denton (b. 2009)
    daughter of singer Heavenli Denton of group Honeyz
  • Honey Carlisle (b. 2012)
    daughter of footballer Clarke Carlisle
  • Honey Krissy Wood (b. 2015)
    daughter of musician Jesse James Wood and TV personality Fearne Cotton; granddaughter of Ronnie Wood of the Rolling Stones
  • Wilder Mountain Honey Hurley
    daughter of singer,songwriter Michael Hurley
  • Mia Honey Threapleton (b. 2000)
    daughter of actress Kate Winslet and director Jim Threapleton
  • Poppy Honey Rosie Oliver (b. 2002)
    daughter of TV chefs Jamie and Jools Oliver

The name Honey in Pop Culture

  • Honey
    traded at Tyre (Ezekiel 27:17)
  • Honey Wilkes
    sister of Ashley Wilkes in Margaret Mitchell's "Gone With the Wind"
  • Honey DeLune
    character in movie "The Ladies Man"
  • Honey Hubbard
    a pretty Southern girl in Alison Lurie's "Only Children" (1979)
  • Honeychile "Honey" Rider
    Bond girl in novel/film "Dr No"
  • Honeysuckle "Honey" Raphael
    Heather's younger sister in Elinor M. Brent,Dyer's book "Heather Leaves School"
  • Honey Lemon
    character in Disney's "Big Hero 6"
  • Honey Swamp
    daughter of the Honey Island Swamp Monster in "Monster High" show and series
  • Miss Jennifer Honey
    nice teacher in Roald Dahl's "Matilda"
  • Honey Daniels
    main character from film "Honey"
  • Honeymaren
    character in Frozen II

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