What do you think about honors by meaning? So using a name that has the same meaning (assuming that is a widely accepted meaning for both names and not something made up) to honor someone rather than using their actual name? Would you feel honored if someone told you they’d done that for you?
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I certainly would! I would feel quite guilty if someone felt like they had to honour me instead of using a name they actually loved for their kid (unless they lived my name) but if they used the meaning I would feel honoured without feeling like they felt pressured into using it or if they actually like the name!
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I think it’s decent but not exactly desirable to be honest with you. I seen a few examples of this before but if somebody wanted to do something like that I think it would have to be etymologically connected. [name_u]Or[/name_u] else it doesn’t even feel honoring.
For example my name is [name_f]Isis[/name_f] and a the few names that would make sense to be honoring are Iset, Auset, [name_f]Isadora[/name_f], [name_f]Isidora[/name_f], [name_m]Isidore[/name_m], or Iside. It would make sense if somebody in my family honored me in that way.
However it wouldn’t exactly make much sense to honor a [name_f]Natalie[/name_f] in the family by using [name_f]Noelle[/name_f] just because they pretty much have the name meaning.
It’s kind of like honoring a [name_f]Renée[/name_f] in the family but because you don’t like [name_f]Renée[/name_f] you use [name_u]Rayne[/name_u] instead because it starts with the letter R. It could make sense honoring a [name_f]Rose[/name_f] by using a variant of [name_f]Rose[/name_f] like [name_f]Rosabelle[/name_f], [name_f]Rosabella[/name_f], [name_f]Rosine[/name_f], Roseline, etc.
Ultimately I think it depends on the name.
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Sure, I think it’s fine. Many of my honors are that way actually; for example, my late father’s name shares many similarities with one of my favorite names, Ronan, so I plan on using Ronan to honor him. In my opinion, if a name has the intent of being an honor, then it can qualify as an honor.
I think a name that shares a meaning with the name of the person you want to honor is very sweet. 
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I like this 
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I guess this is maybe closer to what I mean actually, rather than having a name variant, something that is a totally different name but does have the same meaning eg if it’s a different language version or different derivations of the same meaning.
I guess it depends on how you express it to the person you want to honor eg saying I wanted to pick a name related to christmas to have a tie to you. Rather than anything pushy that suggests they should feel super honored.
And you’re right also depends on the name!