In a message dated 11/17/02 9:12:40 AM, [email protected] writes: << Would the name Honora be a version of Hannah, or vice-versa? >> I don't think so. But Honora is often abbreviated to Norah or Nora. Janet

"Nóra: Nora, Norah, Honor, Honora, Honoria, Nonie, Nano, Nanno, (Hannah): a shortened form of Onóra q.v. Nóinín, Nóirín (Nonie, Daisey) are pet forms" (Irish Names for Children, by Patrick Woulfe, 1923). Jim McDonald [email protected] > In a message dated 11/17/02 9:12:40 AM, [email protected] > writes: > >Would the name Honora be a version of Hannah, or vice-versa?