Meaning of the nameOnorina

Female
Latin origin
O-no-ri-na

Onorina is a spelling of the name Honorina, which means “derived from Latin honor, 'honor, esteem, dignity'”.

Meaning

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

Meaning of the name Honorina, of which Onorina is a spelling.

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

People (2022): 1,158
Rank in Brazil: #7,496
Median age: 74 years
2010 Census: 2,334; people

Onorina in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Onorina, 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 (334 people).

1,152 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 Onorina is most common

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

Rio Grande do Sul 0.002%
Bahia 0.001%
São Paulo 0.000%

All states

State	People	% of population
Rio Grande do Sul	181	0.002%
Bahia	171	0.001%
São Paulo	139	0.000%
Minas Gerais	98	0.001%
Santa Catarina	80	0.001%
Paraná	70	0.001%
Maranhão	56	0.001%
Pará	52	0.001%
Rio de Janeiro	47	0.000%
Espírito Santo	34	0.001%
Pernambuco	33	0.000%
Goiás	27	0.000%
Amazonas	20	0.001%
Mato Grosso	20	0.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul	19	0.001%
Piauí	18	0.001%
Ceará	15	0.000%

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

The spelling Onorina

Writes the name without the initial H, which is not pronounced in Portuguese; it is the less recorded of the two.

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.

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 Onorina

What does the name Onorina mean?

Onorina means “derived from Latin honor, 'honor, esteem, dignity'”, according to Behind the Name. This is the meaning of the name Honorina, of which Onorina is a spelling.

How many people are named Onorina in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,158 people with the first name Onorina, which ranks it number 7,496 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1940s.

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

Onorina is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 1,152 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

What is the origin of the name Onorina?

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

In which Brazilian state is Onorina most common?

Proportionally, in Rio Grande do Sul: 0.002% of the state's population is named Onorina (181 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Onorina?

Honorina. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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