Hone (name)

Hone is both a surname and a given name or nickname. As a given name, it is common in New Zealand; "Hone" (also spelled "Hōne") is the Māori transliteration of the name John.

Notable people with the name include:

Surname

• Hone family
• Brian Hone (1907–1978), Australian headmaster
• Campbell Hone (1873–1967), Anglican Bishop
• Danny Hone (born 1989), English footballer
• David Hone (born 1946), Australian Rules footballer, cricketer and headmaster in Victoria
• Evelyn Hone (1911–1979), British colonial administrator
• Evie Hone (1894–1955) Irish painter and stained glass artist
• Frank Sandland Hone (1871–1951), medical doctor in South Australia
• Galyon Hone, stained glass artist working for Henry VIII of England
• Garton Hone (1901–1991), South Australian cricketer and tennis player
• Joseph Hone (1937–2016), British author
• Kate Hone, British psychologist and computer scientist
• Leland Hone (1853–1896), Irish cricketer
• Margaret Hone (1892–1969), English astrologer
• Mark Hone (born 1968), English footballer
• Nathaniel Hone the Elder (1718–1784), Irish painter
• Nathaniel Hone the Younger (1831–1917), Irish painter
• Nathaniel Hone (cricketer, born 1861), Irish cricketer
• Pat Hone (1886–1976), Irish cricketer
• Philip Hone, (1780–1851), Mayor of New York from 1826 to 1827
• Ralph Hone (1896–1992), British army officer, barrister and colonial administrator
• William Hone (1780–1842), English writer, satirist and bookseller
• William Hone (cricketer) (1842–1919), Irish cricketer

First name

• Hone Harawira, New Zealand politician
• Hōne Heke (1810?–1850), Māori chief in New Zealand
• Hōne Heke Ngāpua (1869–1909), Māori and Liberal Party Member of Parliament in New Zealand
• Hone Tuwhare (1922–2008), New Zealand poet of Māori ancestry
• Hone Glendinning (1912–1997), British cinematographer

Nickname

• Edward Tyne (fl. 1906–1908), New Zealand rugby footballer