I’d go…
- Jo(sephine) (big maybe)
- Lisa
- Anson
- Daniel(le)
- Aleia
[name_f]Charlotte[/name_f] is the only one I’d consider
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Quite a few! [name_f]Alice[/name_f], [name_f]Philomena[/name_f], [name_f]Sarah[/name_f], [name_m]David[/name_m], Mary/Maria (etc), [name_u]Anne[/name_u], [name_u]Antonia[/name_u], [name_f]Helena[/name_f], [name_m]Vincent[/name_m], [name_u]Francis[/name_u], [name_f]Ruth[/name_f], [name_f]Catherine[/name_f], Elizabeth…
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I’m not really a fan of honour names, but technically [name_f]Phoebe[/name_f] (same meaning as my moms middle) and [name_u]Briar[/name_u] (similar in sound to my dads name) could both be used as an “honour” for my parents, though that was not my intention with picking them.
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I would only use honor names of deceased relatives. And even then, only people really close to me. There are some lovely names in my extended family tree, but I wouldn’t use them as ‘honor’ names.
[name_f]My[/name_f] great grandmother was [name_f]Nellie[/name_f]. She died when I was a toddler, so I don’t remember her. But the stories I hear about how wonderful she was makes me want to honor her. And I love [name_f]Nellie[/name_f]! I do prefer [name_f]Eleanor[/name_f] nn [name_f]Nellie[/name_f], but would consider just [name_f]Nellie[/name_f] as well.
[name_f]My[/name_f] regular grandma’s were [name_f]Pauline[/name_f] & [name_f]Annette[/name_f]. And my great aunt who I was close to was [name_f]Bernice[/name_f]. I don’t like any of those names much, unfortunately. Would honor them by using their initials instead.
[name_f]My[/name_f] dad was [name_m]David[/name_m], & I probably would use [name_m]David[/name_m] to honor him. But my dh’s brother & nephew are also Davids. It would be too much. I’d use [name_m]David[/name_m] as a mn for a real life baby.
[name_f]My[/name_f] grandpa was [name_m]Albert[/name_m]. I would totally use [name_m]Albert[/name_m] for a boy! [name_u]Love[/name_u] it & would love to directly honor him.
[name_f]My[/name_f] other Grandpa was [name_m]Joseph[/name_m]. I never knew him, so I’d rather use [name_m]Albert[/name_m]. [name_m]Joseph[/name_m] is a nice name though. [name_f]My[/name_f] sister, [name_u]Jamie[/name_u] & cousin, [name_m]Jeffrey[/name_m], were already named after Grandpa [name_m]Joe[/name_m].
That was maybe a little more descriptive than you’d signed up for! 
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Many of my top names are honors of some sort.
Ronan Gale honors my father.
Vaila June & Naida Roisin honor my mother.
Arthur Seabrook honors one of my family lines.
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I did use honor names for my children. [name_f]My[/name_f] living daughter was named after my great-grandmothers: Sofie-Katarine and [name_u]Maria[/name_u] [name_f]Louisa[/name_f]. Her name is [name_f]Caitlin[/name_f] [name_f]Louisa[/name_f]. [name_f]My[/name_f] second daughter was named after a cousin who was an opera singer and my grandmother: [name_f]Rachel[/name_f] [name_f]Helen[/name_f].
[name_f]My[/name_f] son was named after my grandfather, [name_m]Thomas[/name_m]. His middle name is simply is Hebrew name.
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I don’t do many honour names, but [name_f]Nora[/name_f] is technically in honour of a good friend (though that wasn’t intentional) and [name_f]Lina[/name_f] was my great-grandmother’s middle name. Some other honours I could consider, but don’t currently have any combos for are [name_m]John[/name_m] / [name_m]Johannes[/name_m], [name_f]Susannah[/name_f], [name_u]Marie[/name_u], [name_f]Frida[/name_f], [name_u]Auguste[/name_u] and [name_m]Tom[/name_m], all after family members.
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I always like to find names from my family tree as “honor names.” I keep thinking that some of my favorites may come and go from my mind but I would never regret using a family name.
Current ones:
Ida
Victoria
Dorothy
Agnes
Imogene
Florence
Wilhelmina
Elio / Eliot
Grover
Wesley
Calvin
June or Pearl (kind of a reach but for someone born in the month of June)
Millie names (Amelia, Millicent, etc. for a Mildred)
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I was actually about to make a thread asking about how you would honor someone who didn’t/doesn’t like their name. My dad has always been a little resentful that he didn’t have his own name, because he’s named after his father, so I’m kind of at a loss.
But to answer your question, my family tree is absolutely BURSTING with amazing names, so I think I’m pretty lucky. Probably 1/3 of my list are names that appear in my family tree. For example, Elisha, Hezekiah, Lucy, Emeline, Ezechias, Enoch, Jonas, and Seaborn, just to name a few.
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[name_u]George[/name_u] - my granddad’s name
[name_f]Iris[/name_f] or [name_f]Eirys[/name_f] - to honour my nan who was [name_f]Irene[/name_f]
[name_f]Siân[/name_f], [name_f]Siani[/name_f], [name_m]Siôn[/name_m] etc. - which would honour both my parents (but this is a big maybe for now)
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[name_f]Clary[/name_f] and [name_m]John[/name_m] are the only ones I’d be quite seriously likely to use (from my side of things) at this point, if I do have a child I’d really love to use one of those as an honor middle. Both of them are for family members I was close to that passed young.
[name_u]James[/name_u], [name_f]Erin[/name_f], and [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] are all family names that I happen to love, but they’ve been used so much that I feel like we’ve “been there” as a family, tbh.
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