What does Homer Barron's name represent in "A Rose for Emily"?

If you look up the word
baron in the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, you see that the first entry
defines baron as a member of a tenant class who gets his rights and title by doing some
honorable service to a feudal superior (i.e., someone higher in class than he). In a way, we
might readas such a baron, figuratively speaking: he rescues Missfrom the pity that so many
people in the town feel for herthis could be interpreted as his honorable service to her.
Further, his association with her could sort of raise him up, though not enough to be social
equals, of course, especially if they were to marry. Further, his first name, Homer, could
reflect the way he seems to make himself at home , even with his social
superiors. Homer...