# Onuphrius (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/onuphrius/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | “he who is continually good” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Onophrius |
| US babies named this | not in the US data |
| Boys / girls in the US | not in the US data |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

From Latin Onuphrius, from Koine Greek Ὀνούφριος (Onoúphrios), from Egyptian E34:n:n-nfr-A40 (wnn-nfr, “He who is Continually Good”), an epithet of Osiris.

## In other languages

- French: Onuphre
- German: Onophrios
- Greek: Ονούφριος
- Italian: Onofrio
- Latin: Onuphrius, Onophrius
- Portuguese: Onofre
- Spanish: Onofre

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.