Message: "Honour or Ona?" - Behind the Name

Honour or Ona?

by Catherine (guest)

1/21/2005, 7:25 AM

Which do you prefer? They're both pronounced the same.
so....

Ona
Honour
Or 'Honor' if you prefer!! I'm british though so spell it with a u!!

:) xxx

#Honour #Ona

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- Chrisell

1/21/2005, 4:28 PM

I like Honour :-)

- Narinoc

1/21/2005, 11:36 AM

I like Honour better- one of the very few virtue names that I like. Ona looks short and dull next to it.

- Isla +6

1/21/2005, 11:23 AM

Honor/Honour and Ona are pronounced the same? Maybe with a Boston accent! lol
I don't care for Ona, the look or sound of it, for some reason. But I love Honour, as well as Annora and Honora (and Onora, as Elinor suggested).

- Catherine (guest) +5

1/21/2005, 2:35 PM

How do you pronounce them then??!

- Isla +4

1/21/2005, 5:18 PM

Well seeing as one has an "r" on the end and one doesn't, it seems obvious, but....

Honour: like the word honor/honour, "AH-norr"

Ona: looks like OH-nah, could be like Ana = AH-nah

Or if one is from Boston, he or she might say the word honor so it sounds like AH-nah, but I don't see that as the usual pronunciation.

- Chrisell +3

1/21/2005, 6:21 PM

It's an accent thing - Catherine is British. As an Australian I can see what she means!

:-)

- Isla +2

1/21/2005, 8:27 PM

Really? I can't imagine a British or Australian person saying Honour/Ona the same, but hell, I live in Florida so what do I know? LOL :b

I guess the Bostonian would make the -our into an -ah sound, and the Brit/Australian might do the opposite. That makes sense, I guess.

- Catherine (guest) +1

1/22/2005, 5:08 AM

The word 'Honour' we say 'On-er'

- Isla

1/22/2005, 6:55 PM

So you say Ona the same way, On-er?????? There's no "R" in it.

- Eva

1/21/2005, 11:00 AM

Honour and Ona are pronunced the same??!!
If I pronunce it without thinking too much, the sound VERY VERY diferent, and since Ona is an "established" name here, and means "wave" in Catalan, I prefer Ona.

Eva

- Lissa Hannah (Lissa)

1/21/2005, 9:18 AM

I don't care for it. It's a word to me. But, if I had to choose aspelling, the Honor (American spelling), since they're pronounced the same way, it'll cause less confusion. But, I'd suggest only using it as the middle name.

This message was edited 1/21/2005, 9:18 AM

- alice (alice17)

1/21/2005, 9:15 AM

Honour, definitly.

I actually prefer Honor. I'm British too but Honour seems to much like a verb; wheras Honor looks more like a name, like Color :D

alice x

- Evadne (Janey)

1/21/2005, 8:37 AM

Honour, not really my stlye but I also quite like Honouria. Evy

- hennig

1/21/2005, 8:24 AM

Ona

- Adria

1/21/2005, 7:47 AM

I definitely prefer Honour. Ona makes me want to say Oona.

- Elinor (guest)

1/21/2005, 7:31 AM

I prefer Honour - one of my favourites. I also love Annora, a medieval name derived from Honour, and the Irish form Onora :-)

- poppylena +1

1/21/2005, 7:31 AM

Honour! I like it a lot, I also like Honora (love this), Honoria, Annora and Anora.

Louise x

- Catherine (guest)

1/21/2005, 7:35 AM

Thanks!! I prefer Honour too! :)

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