Honig is a surname of German and Ashkenazi Jewish origin. The word means honey in German. People with the name include:

• Bonnie Honig (b. 1959), political and legal theorist and feminist
• David Honig, publisher of Palate Press, The Online Wine Magazine
• Dick Honig (contemporary), American football official
• Donald Honig (b. 1931), American novelist and baseball historian
• Edwin Honig (b. 1919), American poet, playwright, and translator
• Eugen Honig (1873–1945), German architect
• Ezekiel Honig (b. 1977), American musician and label manager
• Franz-Josef Hönig (b. 1942), German professional football player
• Honig (musician), German band from former Stefan Honig
• Joel Honig (1936–2003), American music critic, copy editor, writer, and pianist
• Lucy Honig (contemporary), American short story writer
• Rebecca Honig, a.k.a. Rebecca Handler (contemporary), Japanese-American voice actress
• Richard Honig (1890–1981), German professor for jurisprudence

Hönig or Hoenig is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Ari Hoenig (born 1973), jazz drummer, composer and educator
• Eugen Honig (1873–1945)
• Franz-Josef Hönig (born 1942), German footballer
• Heinz Hoenig, German actor
• Jonathan Hoenig (born 1975), managing member at Capitalist Pig hedge fund
• Michael Hoenig (born 1952), German composer
• Ron Hoenig, Australian Barrister at Law, politician
• Sebastian F. Hönig, DFG fellow in the astrophysics group of the University of California
• Thomas M. Hoenig (born 1946) eighth chief executive of the Tenth District Federal Reserve Bank, in Kansas City, United States.
• Wolfgang Hönig (born 1954), German rower