Honiah as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Honiah

What is the meaning of the name Honiah ?

The baby name Honiah is a Female name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced hoh-NEE-uh,hoh-NYAH.

Honiah is in Origin.

Honiah is a rare English rendering of the Hebrew theophoric name Yekhonya/Coniah, built from the verb kun “to establish” plus the divine element -yah (short for the Tetragrammaton). It therefore means “Yahweh establishes” or “established by God.” The form with initial H reflects a softening of the older Ch/K sound in some transliterations.

In the Hebrew Bible the bearer best known is the exiled king of Judah, Jeconiah (also Jehoiachin), whose name appears in various sources as Coniah/Koniah and in Greek and Latin as Iechonias. Documented variants include Jeconiah, Coniah, Koniah, Choniah, Yechoniah, Yekhonya, and Yehoniyah; Jehoiachin is the closely related parallel form. Usage has remained very uncommon in English, though modern Hebrew sometimes preserves Yechoniyah in religious or traditional circles. Occasional contemporary adoption of Honiah seeks a distinctive biblical flavor, but claims of Native American meanings are unsubstantiated.

⚙ Honiah doesn't appear in any of the birth registries or name datasets we track. That usually points to a very rare, regional, or newly coined name. Whichever it is, scarcely anyone else carries it.