In French, there is the phrase "l'honette homme" which loosely translates to "the honest man." In this phrase, an "honest man" is one who is refined, debonaire, classy, well-read, intelligent, etc. There is great value placed upon intellectuals and these "honest men"

In English, "to make an honest man of someone" seems to mean that a woman is going to wed a "savage" man. I was curious if the two ideas were related.

"honesty," in this sense, isn't so much about truthfulness as it is behaving as a gentleman and being socially presentable.

I was curious as to whether or not the English idiom and the French phrase are at all related.