Classified under: Nouns denoting people. Hypernyms (geologist is a kind of...): man of science; scientist (a person with advanced knowledge of one or more sciences).
The name Honora is of Irish origin. The meaning of Honora is honorable. Honora is generally used as a girl's name. It consists of 6 letters and 3 syllables and is pronounced Ho-no-ra.
1 honor (n.) 2  c. 1200, onur, glory, renown, fame earned, from Anglo-French honour, Old French onor, honor honor, dignity, distinction, position; victory, triumph (Modern French honneur), from Latin honorem (nominative honos, the form used by Cicero, but later honor) honor, dignity, office, reputation, of unknown origin.