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Thoughts on baby name Honor.

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Maywedding · 23/11/2019 17:39

What do you guys think of the name Honor? I've always liked it but don't know if it's actually a good/nice name or not?! Definitely over thinking it Wink

Your feedback would be great x

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Pinkette06 · 28/11/2019 10:59

I know an elderly lady who is called Honor. You don't pronounce the H. In UK. Lots of nice comments about her name.

Superlooper · 28/11/2019 10:54

There's an awful joke about Honor and Offer (on her and off her), that would put me off the name, sorry!

CravingCheese · 28/11/2019 10:47

I've just realised that I must be really bad at explaining phonetics. Because the 3 pronunciation variants look rather similar but sound completely (!) different to me.

(the last pronounciation might make more sense if written like this: Ho-NO-ryuh. Three syllables, doesn't have the clear ee/ea sound of gonorrhea. It's much closer to the ia sound in Lydia.)

NoSquirrels · 28/11/2019 10:45

Always thought Honoria was pronounced On-OAR-ee-ah?

CravingCheese · 28/11/2019 10:39

Honoria doesn't sound like gonorrhea, no.

(h)o-no-ree-uh, (h)on-or-ree-uh or ho-NO-reeuh.
I'd favour the first pronunciation and probably pronounce the h. Mostly because the Honoria I know is German / uses a traditional German pronunciation.

Courtney555 · 28/11/2019 10:28

But (potentially about to sound simples)...

Honoria.

As in On-oar-ee-ah. Or as in On-o-ree-yah. Which as pp points out, rhymes with gonorrhea.

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LonnyVonnyWilsonFrickett · 28/11/2019 09:19

I love Honor, Hester and Hope. (Good job I didn't have triplet girls! Grin)

billandbenflowerpotmen1 · 28/11/2019 09:10

Lovely

CravingCheese · 28/11/2019 09:09

I like it but prefer Honoria (meaning woman of honour)

So do I. Honoria and Felicitas are two of my favourite girl's names. But my DH doesn't like them... :(

CravingCheese · 28/11/2019 09:08

I don't see it as American.
It's nice. Doesn't travel particularly well outside the anglosphere but that's not necessarily an issue, I guess.

I rather like it, tbh.

Sksksksk · 28/11/2019 08:58

I love it. Timeless and beautiful.

MyDcAreMarvel · 28/11/2019 08:17

I like Honor but I prefer Hope.

Courtney555 · 28/11/2019 08:14

FFS. Ignore the kisses, texting DM at the same time Grin

Courtney555 · 28/11/2019 08:14

Honor, Hester and Hebe have all been on our list.

As have Hestia, Eurus and Eugenie, which have the same feel, I think xxx

TatianaLarina · 28/11/2019 08:08

Love.

CaptainCabinets · 28/11/2019 00:54

I’ve only ever known two Honors and they’ve both been wonderful. One was my class TA when I was five or six and the other was my sister’s friend in sixth form. Beautiful name with lovely connotations for me, absolutely go for it!

It’s a gorgeous, graceful name.

lilgreen · 25/11/2019 19:07

I don’t as a rule but it’s just the way the word is pronounced even when it’s not a name. E.G To love , honour and obey is pronounced without the ‘h’.

PrincessHoneysuckle · 25/11/2019 18:54

@lilgreen sorry thought it was only us that ignore h's

Hepsibar · 25/11/2019 18:53

Quite often an "a" is added to soften, dont know if you'd thought of that?
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Maywedding · 25/11/2019 18:11

MikeUniformMike hahaha luckily our surname isn't Dick Grin
But agree it's a name that won't suit every surname. Our surname has 3 Ls in it so at least honor/honour isn't more Ls!

The feedback has been really positive Smile really happy x

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MikeUniformMike · 25/11/2019 17:26

Lovely, but depends on the surname.
Honor Hill, Honor Dick or Honour Watt might be too much

Idontneedrescuing · 25/11/2019 14:29

I really like it and it was on our list but a few people misheard it as Ana (of Frozen fame) which put me off, rightly or wrongly!

Fozzleyplum · 24/11/2019 22:35

I love it. If we had had a girl, she was going to be called Honor.

MollyHuaCha · 24/11/2019 22:29

I know a Hebe (pronounced Hee-bee).

Honor is lovely. Don't spell it a different way.

Hester is also a really nice name.

EasilyDistracted77 · 24/11/2019 22:18

My daughter inherited Honor as her middle name from her grandmother. I loved the name from the moment I met my mother-in-law and we specifically chose a first name to go with it for our daughter.