Onofre: Name Meaning, Origin & Popularity

At a Glance: Name: Onofre – Meaning: roughly "the ever-good/happy one" -- an ancient Egyptian epithet for the god Osiris – Origin: Egyptian, via Greek and Latin (Onophrius) – Gender: Boy – Pronunciation: oh-NOH-fray


Onofre is an Egyptian, via Greek and Latin (Onophrius) boy's name meaning “roughly "the ever-good/happy one" -- an ancient Egyptian epithet for the god Osiris”. It appears in our list of 175+ Portuguese Baby Boy Names From Lisbon to São Paulo.

Meaning & Origin of Onofre

Meaning: Roughly "the ever-good/happy one" -- an ancient Egyptian epithet for the god Osiris.

Origin: Egyptian, via Greek and Latin (Onophrius).

A common claim: Onofre is sometimes equated with Humphrey and glossed as 'peace lover' from Germanic Hunfrid Actually: That mixes up two unrelated names -- Onofre actually descends from the Egyptian-origin saint's name Onuphrius, not the Germanic name behind Humphrey.

Source: Wiktionary.

How to Pronounce Onofre

Phonetic: oh-NOH-fray

Popularity of Onofre

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration birth-name data, 1918–2011.

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