Entry № 4350 · Japanese origin

Honoka Honoka — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ hoh-NOH-kah /

Gender

Girl

Origin

Japanese

Meaning

"Faint fragrance (Japanese)"

Syllables

First recorded

Modern (Japanese)

The meaning

A name that means "faint fragrance (japanese)".

Honoka (ほのか) is the Japanese word for "faint" or "subtle fragrance" — also written 穂香 ("ear of grain + fragrance").

Used widely in modern Japan.

Faint fragrance. The Japanese aesthetic of subtle depth.

In its original form

The name in its native script.

ほのか

Transliteration: Honoka
Pronunciation: / həˈnoʊ.kə /
Root: —
Grammatical form: —

Popularity

Where Honoka stands.

Honoka does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Namesakes

Honokas before her.

Real people

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In fiction

Honoka

Common in anime and Japanese media.

Names connected to Honoka.

Numerology

The number behind Honoka.

The Leader

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Honoka reduce to 1, The Leader. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.