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.
Historically, honor is a quality ascribed to an individual in two ways: either by obtaining it through his or her birth into an honorable family or being assigned as honorable by powerful people who hold higher status in the society. An individual's parental lineage, is the traditional source for his or her honor.