Favor as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Favor

What is the meaning of the name Favor ?

The baby name Favor is a Unisex name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced /ˈfeɪvər/ (FAY-vər).

Favor is English in Origin.

Favor is an English word name derived from Latin favor, favoris “kindness, goodwill,” entering English through Old French faveur and Middle English favour. It denotes approval, benevolence, and, by religious extension, divine grace or blessing, as in the phrase "God's favor." The American spelling Favor contrasts with British/Commonwealth Favour.

As a virtue-style given name, it appears sporadically in 17th-century English and colonial records alongside Grace, Mercy, and Patience, and remains uncommon in the US and UK. In contemporary Anglophone Africa, especially Nigeria, Favour/Favor has wider use and is truly unisex, though modern English-speaking parents often lean feminine. Variant: Favour. Diminutives and nicknames include Faye/Fay and the informal Fave. Names with related meanings include Grace; Hannah/Anne (from Hebrew chanan, “grace, favor”); and Latin-derived Mercy. The name carries an upbeat, aspirational tone centered on kindness and blessing.