Meaning and Origin
What does the name Favor mean? Keep reading to find the user submitted meanings, dictionary definitions, and more.
User Submitted Origins
User Submitted Meanings
- A submission from Nigeria says the name Favor means "Grace".
- A user from Australia says the name Favor means "Beautiful,divine and inteligient".
- A user from Brazil says the name Favor is of Nigerian origin and means "Favor of God".
- Kind regard; propitious aspect; countenance; friendly disposition; kindness; good will."Hath crawled into the favor of the king." [Shak.]
- The act of countenancing, or the condition of being countenanced, or regarded propitiously; support; promotion; befriending."But found no favor in his lady's eyes." [Dryden.]"And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and man." [Luke ii. 52.]
- A kind act or office; kindness done or granted; benevolence shown by word or deed; an act of grace or good will, as distinct from justice or remuneration."Beg one favor at thy gracious hand." [Shak.]
- Mildness or mitigation of punishment; lenity."I could not discover the lenity and favor of this sentence." [Swift.]
- The object of regard; person or thing favored."All these his wondrous works, but chiefly man, His chief delight and favor." [Milton.]
- A gift or present; something bestowed as an evidence of good will; a token of love; a knot of ribbons; something worn as a token of affection; as, a marriage favor is a bunch or knot of white ribbons or white flowers worn at a wedding."Wear thou this favor for me, and stick it in thy cap." [Shak.]
- Appearance; look; countenance; face.(Obs)"This boy is fair, of female favor." [Shak.]
- [Law] Partiality; bias.
- A letter or epistle; -- so called in civility or compliment; as, your favor of yesterday is received.
- pl.Love locks.(Obs)"But, with your favor, I will treat it here." [Dryden.]synonyms: Kindness; countenance; patronage; support; lenity; grace; gift; present; benefit.
Etymology: Written also favour
Etymology: OF. favor, F. faveur, L. favor, fr. favere to be favorable, cf. Skr. bhāvaya to further, foster, causative of bhū to become, be. Cf. Be. In the phrase to curry favor favor is prob. for favel a horse. See 2d Favel
- To regard with kindness; to support; to aid, or to have the disposition to aid, or to wish success to; to be propitious to; to treat with consideration or tenderness; to show partiality or unfair bias towards."O happy youth! and favored of the skies." [Pope.]"He that favoreth Joab, . . . let him go after Joab." [2 Sam. xx. 11.]"The painter] has favored her squint admirably." [Swift.]
- To afford advantages for success to; to facilitate; as, a weak place favored the entrance of the enemy.
- To resemble in features; to have the aspect or looks of; as, the child favors his father."The porter owned that the gentleman favored his master." [Spectator.]
Etymology: Written also favour
Etymology: Cf. OF. favorer favorir. See Favor (n.)
- An act of gracious kindness
- Souvenir consisting of a small gift given to a guest at a party
- An advantage to the benefit of someone or something ("the outcome was in his favor")
- An inclination to approve ("that style is in favor this season")
- A feeling of favorable regard
- Consider as the favorite ("The local team was favored")
- Promote over another ("he favors his second daughter")
- Bestow a privilege upon
- Treat gently or carefully
From Middle English favour, favor, faver, from Anglo-Norman favour, from mainland Old French favor, from Latin favor (“good will; kindness; partiality”), from faveō (“to be kind to”). Respelled in American English to more closely match its Latin etymon. Compare also Danish favør (“favor”), Irish fabhar (“favor”), from the same Romance source.
- A kind or helpful deed; an instance of voluntarily assisting (someone).
- He did me a when he took the time to drive me home.
- Goodwill; benevolent regard.
- She enjoyed the queen's .
- to fall out of
- A small gift; a party favor.
- At the holiday dinner, the hosts had set a by each place setting.
- A marriage is a bunch or knot of white ribbons or white flowers worn at a wedding.
- Mildness or mitigation of punishment; lenity.
- The object of regard; person or thing favoured.
- (obsolete) Appearance; look; countenance; face.
- (law) Partiality; bias.
- (archaic) A letter, a written communication.
- (obsolete) Anything worn publicly as a pledge of a woman's favor.
- (obsolete, in the plural) Lovelocks.
favor was also found in the following language(s): Catalan, Kabuverdianu, Latin, Norn, Portuguese, Spanish, and Venetian