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The boy's name Homer \ho-mer\ is pronounced HOH-mer. It is of Greek origin, and its meaning is "security, pledge; hostage". Two of the greatest works of Greek epic poetry, the "Iliad" and the "Odyssey", are attributed to Homer. Cartoon character Homer Simpson; artist Winslow Homer.

Homer has 6 variant forms: Homar, Homere, Homero, Homeros, Homerus and Omero.

Baby names that sound like Homer are Hamar and Hammer.

Homer is a popular male first name and a very popular surname (source: 1990 U.S. Census). Displayed below is the baby name popularity trend for the boy's name Homer. Click here to compare Homer with related baby names.

United States Top 1000 rankings for: Homer
Canada (BC), England and Wales, Ireland, Scotland, Sweden, Australia (NSW) Top 100 rankings for: Homer

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