Girl name origins & meanings
- English : Sweet
- German : A familiar alternative to “darling” or “dear”
Girl name variations
Family name origins & meanings
- German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) : metonymic name for a gatherer or seller of honey, from Middle High German honec, honic ‘honey’, German Honig. As a Jewish surname it is generally ornamental.
- German (Hönig, of Slavic origin) : from a pet form of Heinrich.