Honorato Name Meaning & Historical Trends

Honorato

Pronunciation: oh-noh-RAH-toh / on-uh-RAH-toh

Meaning Honored Gender Boy
Honorato' Popularity in U.S.
No births recorded for Honorato in the 2025 SSA name data.

Fun Facts About the Name Honorato

  • 11 babies named Honorato: U.S. records list 11 babies given the name Honorato from 1880 through 2025.

What Does the Name Honorato Mean?

Honorato is the Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian form of the Latin name Honoratus, meaning "honored" or "esteemed." It comes from the Latin noun honor (also written honos), which means "honor, respect, public distinction," plus the adjectival ending -atus. The literal sense is "one who has been honored."

The feminine form is Honorata. The similar-looking Honorius is built from the same noun with a different suffix and is a separate name, as are the French Honoré and the Italian Onorato, which are regional forms of the same Latin original rather than independent coinages.

Honorato Name History & Origins

Honoratus was used as a Roman cognomen, and it appears among early Christian names because several saints bore it. The best known is Honoratus of Arles (traditionally c. 350 - 429), who founded a monastic community on the island of Lérins off the southern coast of Gaul and later served as bishop of Arles. A second early bishop, Honoratus of Amiens, traditionally dated to the 6th century, was known in French as Saint Honoré; the Paris church of Saint-Honoré and the surrounding Rue Saint-Honoré are named for him.

Through devotion to these saints the name spread into the vernacular languages of western Europe, taking the form Honoré in French, Onorato in Italian, and Honorato in Spanish and Portuguese. In Spanish and Portuguese it is used as a masculine given name, with Honorata as the matching feminine form.

How Popular is the Name Honorato?

Honorato has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 1931. Its best rank was #3,520 in 1945.

U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.

Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.

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How the Name Honorato Shapes Your Personality and Life?

You attract success and money. You are a lover of nature and do not need others for your happiness. You are self sufficient. You strive for material success and power and have business sense. You possess strong organizational abilities, can be a good manager, and executive by nature. You are capable of great achievement in business and finance. You are frank, methodical and believe in law, system and order.

You are very intuitive. You have a reservoir of inspired wisdom combined with inherited analytical ability, which could reward you through expressions of spiritual leadership, business analysis, marketing, artistic visions, and scientific research. Operating on spiritual side of your individuality can bring you to the great heights, and drop you off if you neglect your spiritual identity. You are always looking for an opportunity to investigate the unknown, to use and show your mental abilities, to find the purpose and meaning of life. You want to grow wise and to understand people and things. You need privacy to replenish your energy. You have a unique way of thinking, intuitive, reflective, absorbing.

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