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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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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.

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... :(

billandbenflowerpotmen1 · 28/11/2019 09:10

Lovely

LonnyVonnyWilsonFrickett · 28/11/2019 09:19

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

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.

Confused
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.

NoSquirrels · 28/11/2019 10:45

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

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.)

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!

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.

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