Honéy
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Honéy is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Philippines than in any other country. Recorded meaning: From Middle English hony, honi, from Old English huniġ, from Proto-West Germanic *hunag, from Proto-Germanic *hunagą (compare West Frisian hunich, German Honig), from earlier *hunangą (compare Swedish.
- PHPhilippines≈1 in 6K(inferred from the name graph)
- AUAustralia≈1 in 55K
- USUnited States1 in 92K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Philippines (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 328 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 6.0K (inferred from the name graph)
≈18,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Philippines, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Honey in US United States, PH Philippines, AU Australia and 4 more.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
- Middle Englishhony(measured from records)
- Old Englishhuniġ(measured from records)
- Proto-West Germanic*hunag(measured from records)
- Proto-Germanic*hunagącompare West Frisian hunich(measured from records)
- Proto-Indo-European*kn̥h₂onk-o-s(measured from records)
From Middle English hony, honi, from Old English huniġ, from Proto-West Germanic *hunag, from Proto-Germanic *hunagą (compare West Frisian hunich, German Honig), from earlier *hunangą (compare Swedish honung), from Proto-Indo-European *kn̥h₂onk-o-s, from *kn̥h₂ónks. Cognate with Middle Welsh canecon (“gold”), Latin canicae pl (“bran”), Tocharian B kronkśe (“bee”), Albanian qengjë (“beehive”), Ancient Greek κνῆκος (knêkos, “safflower”), Northern Kurdish şan (“beehive”), Northern Luri گونج (gonj, “Bee”), Finnish hunaja.
Sources 8
- A concise dictionary of first names
- A dictionary of surnames
- Baby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular…
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
Attested across 18 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Honéy counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PH Philippines | ≈18,000 est. | ≈1 in 6K | — | Honey | 103 |
| US United States | 3,615 | 1 in 92K | 3.4K | Honey | 328 |
| NG Nigeria | ≈2,700 est. | ≈1 in 79K | — | Honey | 37 |
| ZA South Africa | ≈1,300 est. | ≈1 in 43K | — | Honey | 37 |
| MY Malaysia | ≈1,200 est. | ≈1 in 27K | — | Honey | 30 |
| AU Australia | ≈470 est. | ≈1 in 55K | 1 | Honey | 145 |
| SG Singapore | ≈420 est. | ≈1 in 15K | — | Honey | 23 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; SA BDM — Popular baby names South Australia (1944–present). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Evidence(measured from records)
No register attests this spelling yet
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Honéy mean, and where does it come from?
- From Middle English hony, honi, from Old English huniġ, from Proto-West Germanic *hunag, from Proto-Germanic *hunagą (compare West Frisian hunich, German Honig), from earlier *hunangą (compare Swedish… Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names and A dictionary of surnames and 6 other sources.
- Is Honéy a male or female name?
- Honéy is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Honéy have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 18 thousand people named Honéy in the Philippines, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled honey.
- How common is the name Honéy?
- In the United States, the national register counted 3,615 people named Honéy in 2020, about 1 in 92 thousand residents.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/hon%C3%A9yThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Honéy”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.