Meaning of the nameHonorina

Female
Latin origin
Ho-no-ri-na

Honorina is a female name of Latin origin, the feminine form of Honorinus, which derives from honor, the Latin word for honor and esteem.

Meaning

“derived from Latin honor, 'honor, esteem, dignity'”

Source: Behind the Name: Honorina · Behind the Name: Honorius · Behind the Name: Honorinus

People (2022): 2,275
Rank in Brazil: #4,688
Median age: 72 years
2010 Census: 3,054; people

Honorina in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Honorina, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1940s (581 people).

2,265 women 0 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Honorina is most common

States with the highest share of people named Honorina in the population, in the 2022 Census.

Bahia 0.003%
Rio Grande do Sul 0.003%
Maranhão 0.002%
Pernambuco 0.001%
Minas Gerais 0.001%

All states

State	People	% of population
Bahia	383	0.003%
São Paulo	306	0.001%
Rio Grande do Sul	275	0.003%
Minas Gerais	178	0.001%
Rio de Janeiro	139	0.001%
Pernambuco	108	0.001%
Maranhão	106	0.002%
Santa Catarina	99	0.001%
Paraná	84	0.001%
Piauí	70	0.002%
Paraíba	67	0.002%
Pará	66	0.001%
Ceará	55	0.001%
Goiás	45	0.001%
Espírito Santo	42	0.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul	40	0.002%
Amazonas	35	0.001%
Distrito Federal	32	0.001%
Rio Grande do Norte	31	0.001%
Mato Grosso	30	0.001%
Tocantins	23	0.002%
Sergipe	21	0.001%
Alagoas	17	0.001%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Honorina

Behind the Name presents Honorina as the feminine form of Honorinus, a Roman name, and links the root to the Latin word honor; it describes Honorinus as derived from Honorius and Honorius as derived from honor, 'honor, esteem, dignity'. There is also the French form Honorine. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 2,275 people named Honorina and 1,158 named Onorina. Both almost always appear as female names, and most of the records are of people born before 1960. Onorina is the spelling without the initial H.

This is the spelling with an initial H and the most recorded in the group; it keeps the H of the Latin word honor.

Other spellings of Honorina

Spelling	People (2022)
Honorina	2,275
Onorina	1,158

Sources

Behind the Name: Honorina · behindthename.com · meaning
Behind the Name: Honorius · behindthename.com · meaning
Behind the Name: Honorinus · behindthename.com · meaning

Questions about the name Honorina

What does the name Honorina mean?

Honorina means “derived from Latin honor, 'honor, esteem, dignity'”, according to Behind the Name.

How many people are named Honorina in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,275 people with the first name Honorina, which ranks it number 4,688 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1940s.

Is Honorina a boy's or a girl's name?

Honorina is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 2,265 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

What is the origin of the name Honorina?

Honorina is a name of Latin origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Honorina most common?

Proportionally, in Bahia: 0.003% of the state's population is named Honorina (383 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Honorina?

Onorina. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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