Honor

I kinda like it, however I can’t help but think it’s a lot to live up to. And there’s no subtlety to it, it hits right on the nose. Remember in grade school- when the teacher would write the kids’ names on the board who were bad, or missing assignments, or talking too much or whatever. Also when mugshots go viral online for whatever reason, imagine Honor getting arrested. Even for a small crime, I can’t help but think Honor’s mugshot would gain a lot of attention online.

Bad as a name.

Silly name.

I really like this name! It will be one of my options. But I’m not so sure if I will use a middle name to go with it. (ex Honor Marie)

My son and daughter in law are expecting a baby girl next month and have chosen to name their daughter Honor Rose. I'll admit that when I first heard this name, I thought it was a rather strange name. However, over the past 8 months I have grown quite fond of the name Honor. It sounds more beautiful every day, especially after reading the comments. If this is your name or you have named your child Honor, is there a "nick name" associated with the name Honor that others call you or you call your child?

If I meet an Honour I would think that her parents want a good, brave girl who can find her way without fear and being honest with anyone.

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The sex legacy should be left in 1600. Going on with these stereotypes will ruin the name definitely. Nobody nowadays would think that Honor is after virginity! Virginia and Chastity take this role. Honor is just honesty and courage.

I'm from New Orleans and I named my son Honor. I love his name and so does everyone else that hears it. Although, at the time of naming him, I had no idea that others or even celebrities still used this name today. I was looking for another virtue name for my second son that coupled well with my oldest son's virtuos name but I also wanted something vintage. There wasn't a lot of virtue names that suited boys so I had to go for something that sounded unisex. My son is always the only Honor in his school so it makes him feel special.

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As a Southerner, we also live in an "Honor State" so this name fit in perfectly with out culture. I followed my son's first name with his father's entire name (first middle last name) too.

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Quick fact: Honor is traditionally a boy's name in the U.S. A traditional name started by the Puritans. It is also a boy's name in Scotland.

I kind of like it on a girl, but not a boy. It's usually used as a feminine name anyways.

I named my son HONOR DIOR 10/22/2014 before I even knew Jessica Alba named her daughter that.. It's so unique and once people find out his name they fall in love with it. Also, his name fits perfectly with him and his personality. I'm from New Orleans so sometimes it sound like I'm saying Hona instead of the or.. Lol.

My name is Honor Rochelle. I love my name and a lot of you people are just angry and rude. I feel my name is great and really special.

My name is Honor and it has helped me live to a standard of being trustworthy, true, honest, fair and to seek to help others and to gain respect for other people of diverse backgrounds. I am a girl and I love my name.

My daughter is named "Honor". Her mother and I both think it's an uncommon and beautiful name. I am British and deliberately opted for this spelling to differentiate her name from the word "Honour". The meaning of her name is the same as the word Honour (from which it derives) and means "personal integrity; allegiance to moral principles; great esteem", and more importantly "a privilege" - because her birth was a privilege her mother and I are thankful to be blessed with.

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I'm struggling to understand what some of these posters are thinking when they write "a parent who names their daughter Honor wants their daughter to be a virgin until she's married". That is absurd and says more about the authors twisted perspective on the world than the reality of things. I most certainly do not want or expect her to be a virgin until she's married - unless that's her wish - but I do want her to make her own informed decisions in life which will be more successful if she has a good sense of self esteem, integrity and a moral compass. Hopefully our parenting will instill these and she can reflect in her actions the virtuous meaning behind the name we gave her.

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Her name also translates to Chinese and many other eastern cultures very favorably and is very well regarded. The name is better suited to a girl, despite what others have written, because it is a word associated with mental strength and obligation (the default female condition) opposed to physical strength and perseverance (the default male condition).

My daughter is called Honor and basically I couldn't have put it better myself. I too think it is a beautiful name and looks better spelt without the 'u'. I'm also British. We have had a lot of positive responses when people hear her name and we have been very pleased with our choice. It's a pretty name but also unusual so she won't end up in a class full of Honors. Since she was born we have yet to meet another Honor but I'm sure at some point we will! I always loved it ever since I heard and saw Honor Blackman! As for the comments on the meaning of the name I think kaymac has explained that perfectly.

No reason to restrict either spelling to either country (or any other). It's a matter of taste. (I believe the "American" spelling is usual even in England. That is certainly Honor Blackman's name.)

Kosta is correct, the spelling Honor is more common as a name in the UK, but the word is spelled honour here. I suspect this is because of Honoria and Honorata, plus the spelling difference distances it from the word a bit. For example, Skye is more common in the UK than Sky.

If you're in the US, use Honor. UK or other place with British spelling, use Honour. Please, let's keep it smart people!

I've been reading the previous comments about this name, my name actually, saying it puts pressure on a girl to stay a virgin until she's married or something, I agree that would be wrong for a parent to do, but giving your child this name does not put this pressure on them. My parents named me Honor and when I looked up the name meaning it came up with "integrity, esteem and dignity" meaning that if (by your logic) you must be what your name means I should be confident and truthful and morally good, in no way does it suggest what your saying it does, and it upsets me that people think that's what my parents thought when naming me, because it's not. They thought "what's a pretty name that would be nice for a little girl, and maybe slightly unusual so she's not stuck with some plain name everyone knows." It's not put any pressure on me to keep my virginity but rather to be kind and truthful and to show integrity, which I think is a pretty good message right? No parent decides their child's name on the reason that they think it would make them keep their virginity, that's an absurd notion and as someone with the name I can tell you have never been pressured to do that because of my name. So if you're thinking of Honor as a child's name, use it knowing it does not mean what other comments are saying it does.

I didn't know the name Honor had anything to do with virginity or purity until reading some of the comments here. I just think of pretentious parents who want their kid to be a straight-A Honor roll student.

I think this is one of the prettiest word names.

This name makes me think of honor killings, which are reported way too much in Europe and are even starting to pop up here. Of course, this is due to the Islamophobia that is so prevalent among atheists. I'd rather think of something more pleasant.

It looks better without the u, as it makes it different from the word, even they are still related.

Goodness gracious, quite a serious and touchy complex associated with purity and virginity going on here. There's no need to lose our heads over this. This has to do with morals and right and wrong and somewhere deep down we all know that. That's the root of the frustration here. It's not about a family's wish for their daughter to "remain a virgin." It actually has quite a broad meaning. Go look it up.

I like this name, but it's hard to pair a nice middle name that goes well with it because every time you use a name (ex. Honor Marie) it sounds like "Hey, Honor Marie right now!" And it would be cool if you named her Honor Mae, because, if said with the right accent, it's like you're saying "Honor me!" Hahaha! I crack myself up. :)

I LOVE this name. I am going to totally name my daughter this! It is a beautiful VIRTUOUS name!

This is my grandma's name. She was given it because she was born the day the war ended all the other girls born on that day were called Victoria but her mum wanted to name her something different so they picked Honor. I think it's a nice name really :)

I like this but I'm English so it would only feel right to spell it Honour even though this probably looks nicer.

To me it just doesn't sound like a name. When I first heard it, I thought maybe it was because it was rather new, but it's not. Sometimes when a common word is used as a name, it sticks, like Grace or even Lyric, but not Honor.

I hate this name. Using it implies that the parents wanted their daughter to think she'll have to be a virgin until she's married. While chastity is important, it's rude to expect a girl to ruin the family "Honor" if it happens. It is so sexist to think that your daughter will get away with being named Honor. That's why I think this is a terrible name to have.

It's quite a name to live up to, and something tells me girls have been named this because the parents have really wished she would stay a virgin for the rest of her life, or at least until she gets married at 36 and has a few kids, after which she stops having sex altogether. See, when this pompous and ugly name was still popular, or at least common, people didn't suffer from this psychosis that leads people to believe that women give birth to hideous freaks if they have children past the age of 30, but they did suffer from the psychosis that leads people to believe that virginity equals Honor. The name seems to be a relic of misogynous attitudes despite the lofty meaning.

When I suggested this name to my husband, he gave me a cynical look and said, "Honor and off her." It's been hard for me to take this name seriously ever since.

Horrible name for girls. It seems better on guys.

I like this name a lot. I think it also sounds good for a boy.

I know a girl with this name. Although she is English, she spells it without the 'u'. It's quite nice.