Unisex name
Honor
1,875 births (England and Wales, 1996–2025), peaking in 2003. Expression number: 7.
Origin
Shortened from Honoria and Honora; later also interpreted as a virtue name by Puritans.From Wiktionary, entry “Honor”, text under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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How many babies received it
From the official birth registers.
In England and Wales
Peak in 2003: 105 births. 1,875 births from 1996 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 1990s, 2000s and 2010s. It is still given: 112 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Office for National Statistics, Baby names in England and Wales, Open Government Licence v3.0.
In the United States
Peak in 2021: 247 births. 4,604 births from 1880 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 2010s and 2020s. It is given to girls (68%) as well as boys (32%). It really came into use around 1918. It is still given: 1,058 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Social Security Administration, Popular Baby Names, public domain.
In Ireland
Peak in 2009: 10 births. 143 births from 1964 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 1960s, 1970s, 2000s and 2010s. Fewer than ten births recorded from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Central Statistics Office, Irish Babies' Names, CC BY 4.0.
The numbers of the name
Each letter has a value: A = 1, B = 2… I = 9, then J = 1 again (Pythagorean method). We add them up, then reduce to a single digit, except 11, 22 and 33.
■ vowel · ■ consonant
Expression
All the letters: talents, the way you act.
7
reflection, inner life, seeking
8 + 6 + 5 + 6 + 9 = 34 → 7
Soul
The vowels: what drives you deep down.
3
expression, creativity, sociability
6 + 6 = 12 → 3
Personality
The consonants: what others notice first.
22
the large-scale builder (master number)
8 + 5 + 9 = 22
- Digits missing from the name
- 1, 2, 3, 4, 7
- Most frequent digit
- 6 · responsibility, harmony, commitment to others
The meaning of the numbers comes from numerological tradition; it isn't a measure of your personality. A full portrait needs your first and middle names, your last name at birth, and your date of birth. How we calculate
Your name and theirs
The number of each name, and the number of the bond, which comes from adding them together. A symbolic game: what your two names say together, to be read as a metaphor, not as a verdict on your relationship.