Infographic of Homer name meaning, which is “He who is pledged,” from the Greek hom eros, a pledge or a hostage. In history, a 9th century B.C. Greek epic poet, the legendary author of the Iliad and the Odyssey. The implied meaning of Homer may also be “blind,” if it is traced to the language of the Cumaeans in South Western Italy.
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Homer Name Popularity

How popular is the name Homer? Here’s everything we know.

Year Rank # Births % Births
1910 95 310 0.088%
1911 96 375 0.1007%
1912 98 765 0.1517%
1913 96 961 0.1695%
1914 99 1,126 0.1616%
1915 98 1,477 0.1626%
1916 103 1,482 0.1534%
1917 102 1,527 0.1526%
1918 101 1,653 0.154%
1919 105 1,521 0.1453%
1920 99 1,702 0.1531%
1921 106 1,628 0.1422%
1922 109 1,605 0.1441%
1923 116 1,511 0.1349%
1924 109 1,622 0.1397%
1925 115 1,521 0.1346%
1926 123 1,475 0.1341%
1927 128 1,348 0.1218%
1928 133 1,291 0.1207%
1929 141 1,182 0.1141%
1930 146 1,148 0.1099%
1931 145 1,071 0.1085%
1932 150 1,014 0.1026%
1933 151 920 0.0987%
1934 162 893 0.0924%
1935 171 769 0.0791%
1936 166 794 0.0824%
1937 166 852 0.0865%
1938 172 813 0.0794%
1939 183 738 0.0726%
1940 185 741 0.0697%
1941 189 744 0.0661%
1942 200 752 0.0596%
1943 203 762 0.0584%
1944 202 700 0.0565%
1945 215 612 0.0502%
1946 258 553 0.0375%
1947 266 603 0.0361%
1948 264 587 0.0368%
1949 270 568 0.0353%
1950 289 510 0.0317%
1951 297 503 0.0297%
1952 310 501 0.0287%
1953 318 454 0.0257%
1954 334 418 0.0229%
1955 356 376 0.0204%
1956 344 430 0.0228%
1957 376 378 0.0196%
1958 397 345 0.0183%
1959 401 347 0.0183%
1960 448 282 0.0149%
1961 428 303 0.016%
1962 453 266 0.0145%
1963 491 219 0.0122%
1964 478 233 0.0132%
1965 500 194 0.0119%
1966 498 194 0.0124%
1967 554 135 0.0089%
1968 548 140 0.0093%
1969 563 146 0.0095%
1970 599 138 0.0087%
1971 566 159 0.0106%
1972 663 100 0.0073%
1973 765 65 0.005%
1974 663 104 0.008%
1975 797 63 0.0049%
1976 815 61 0.0047%
1977 782 70 0.0052%
1978 833 61 0.0045%
1979 958 44 0.0031%
1980 880 57 0.0039%
1981 925 49 0.0033%
1982 1,026 37 0.0025%
1983 967 42 0.0028%
1984 1,207 23 0.0015%
1985 1,019 41 0.0027%
1986 1,087 35 0.0023%
1987 1,694 12 0.0008%
1988 1,626 15 0.001%
1989 1,805 12 0.0007%
1990 1,461 24 0.0014%
1991 1,580 20 0.0012%
1992 1,764 16 0.001%
1993 2,434 6 0.0004%
1994 2,680 5 0.0003%
1995 2,093 10 0.0007%
1996 2,252 7 0.0005%
1997 2,771 5 0.0003%
1998 2,185 10 0.0007%
1999 2,763 5 0.0003%
2000 2,842 5 0.0003%
2001 0 0%
2002 2,056 14 0.0009%
2003 0 0%
2004 2,612 6 0.0004%
2005 0 0%
2006 2,711 6 0.0004%
2007 2,581 7 0.0004%
2008 3,129 5 0.0003%
2009 0 0%
2010 2,292 12 0.0008%
2011 0 0%
2012 2,793 5 0.0004%
2013 0 0%
2014 2,909 5 0.0003%
2015 0 0%
2016 0 0%
2017 0 0%
2018 2,842 5 0.0004%
2019 0 0%
2020 0 0%
2021 4,021 5 0.0004%
2022 4,340 5 0.0004%

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Names Like Homer

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What names are variants of Homer?

Mix it up with these names that are a variation of the name Homer.

Name Meaning Origin Popularity Other Gender
Homar

Security, pledge; hostage

Greek

Homere

Security, pledge; hostage

Greek

Homero

Security, pledge; hostage

Greek

Homeros

Security, pledge; hostage

Greek

Homerus

Security, pledge; hostage

Greek

Omero

Security, pledge; hostage

Greek


What names sound like Homer?

If you like how Homer sounds, you might also like these names that sound like Homer.

Name Meaning Origin Popularity Other Gender
Hamar

Hammer

Scandinavian

Hammer

Hammer maker; carpenter

German


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1 Comment

  1. I was blessed to have a relationship with 5/8 great-grandparents. Every Sunday night after church, we would visit Great Grandpa and Grandma Homer, which formed a special relationship. Unfortunately my husband was never given the opportunity to meet my beloved great-grandparents. However, since I still talk highly of my time with my grandparents, my husband knows they were as special to me as his late grandma was to him. So Baby Homer is named after his great-great-grandpa!


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