Hon

See also: Appendix:Variations of "hon"

English

Etymology 1

Adjective

Hon

1. (British, politics) Honourable (in the titles of Members of Parliament)

See also

• Rt Hon

Etymology 2

An surname of unexplained English origin, or borrowed from Cantonese 韓 / 韩 (hon4) or Hakka 韓 / 韩 (Hòn).

Proper noun

Hon

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Hon is the 12,732^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2424 individuals. Hon is most common among White (56.97%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (36.06%) individuals.

Anagrams

• NOH, Noh, noh, ohn

Indonesian

Etymology

From Hakka 韓／韩 (Hòn).

Proper noun

Hon

1. a surname from Hakka

Old Czech

Alternative forms

• Hoň

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈɣon/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈɦon/

Proper noun

Hon m pers

1. a male given name

Declension

Declension of Hon (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	Hon	Hony	Honi, Honové
genitive	Hona	Honú	Honóv
dative	Honu, Honovi	Honoma	Honóm
accusative	Hona	Hony	Hony
vocative	Hone	Hony	Honi, Honové
locative	Honu, Honovi	Honú	Honiech
instrumental	Honem	Honoma	Hony

This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.

Further reading

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916), “Hon”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

Plautdietsch

Noun

Hon m (plural Hons)

1. rooster, cock