Onora is an unusual yet elegant female given name of Welsh origin, derived from the word 'on', meaning lamb, and 'ora', meaning prayer. It was popularized by the renowned philosopher Onora O'Neill, Baroness of Benham.
The name Onora has seen fluctuations in its popularity over the past decade and a half, with the most notable peaks occurring between 2015 and 2020, when there were consistently high numbers of babies named Onora each year. However, it is interesting to note that despite these periods of increased usage, the overall total of births with this name since 2008 remains relatively low at just 81.