Name: Homer
Gender: Male
Usage: Homer is a popular first name. It is more often used as a boy (male) name.
People having the name Homer are in general originating from Greece, United Kingdom, United States of America.
Meaning: The meaning of the name Homer is: Pledge or hostage, Promise.
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Numerology of the first name Homer: calculate the core numbers of your numerology chart to discover your numerological profile and your personality traits.
The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 5. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: adventurous, energetic, curious, visionary, magnetic, expansive.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Extroverted, Adventurous
Ruling planet: Mercury
Colors: White, Gray
Gemstones: Diamond
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The name Homer is ranked on the 3,440th position of the most used names. It means that this name is commonly used.
We estimate that there are at least 99800 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.002% of the population. The name Homer has five characters. It means that it is relatively medium-length, compared to the other names in our database.
The graph below represents the number of people who were given the name Homer for each year since 1900 in the U.S.A.:
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History and Origin
Homer is both a masculine given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:
English (esp. U.S.): the usual English form of the name of the Greek epic poet Homēros, now regularly used as a given name in America (cf. Virgil). Many theories have been put forward to explain the ancient Greek name of the poet, but none is conclusive. It is identical in form with the Greek vocabulary word homēros hostage.
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