Favour
A unisex name of Latin origin, meaning support or approval; virtue of goodwill.
Favour by the numbers
In 2025, 16 babies in England and Wales were named Favour. In the US, 26 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 36 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Favour. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Favor26 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean a helper
Like Favour, each of these has a helper in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Ezrahelp, helper1,300 in England and Wales (2025)
- Alexisdefender, helper2,847 in the US (2017)
- Alexdefender, helper; short form of Alexander or Alexis2,766 in the US (2017)
- Paigeyoung servant or attendant1,695 in the US (2017)
- Adrielmy help is god; flock of god1,553 in the US (2017)
- Codyhelpful; descendant of Ó Cuidighthigh504 in England and Wales (2025)
Other names that mean purity
Like Favour, each of these has purity in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Names about as common as Favour
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