Hone (name)
Hone is both a surname and a given name or nickname. As a given name, it is common in New Zealand; "Hōne" is the Māori transliteration of the name John.
Notable people with the name include:
Surname
- Hone family
- Brian Hone, Australian headmaster
- Campbell Hone, Anglican bishop
- Danny Hone, English footballer
- David Hone, Australian Rules footballer, cricketer and headmaster in Victoria
- Evelyn Hone, British colonial administrator
- Evie Hone Irish painter and stained glass artist
- Frank Sandland Hone, medical doctor in South Australia
- Galyon Hone, stained glass artist working for Henry VIII of England
- Garton Hone, South Australian cricketer and tennis player
- John Camillus Hone, English painter of miniatures
- Joseph Hone, British author
- Kate Hone, British psychologist and computer scientist
- Leland Hone, Irish cricketer
- Margaret Hone, English astrologer
- Mark Hone, English footballer
- Nathaniel Hone the Elder, Irish painter
- Nathaniel Hone the Younger, Irish painter
- Nathaniel Hone (cricketer, born 1861), Irish cricketer
- Pat Hone, Irish cricketer
- Philip Hone,, Mayor of New York from 1826 to 1827
- Ralph Hone, British army officer, barrister and colonial administrator
- William Hone, English writer, satirist and bookseller
- William Hone (cricketer), Irish cricketer
First name
- Hone Glendinning, British cinematographer
- Hone Harawira, New Zealand politician
- Hōne Heke, Māori chief in New Zealand
- Hōne Heke Ngāpua, Māori and Liberal Party Member of Parliament in New Zealand
- Hone Heke Rankin, New Zealand tribal leader, medical worker, and farmer
- Hōne Taiapa, Māori master carver
- Hone Tuwhare, New Zealand poet of Māori ancestry
Nickname
- Edward Tyne, New Zealand rugby footballer