At a Glance
- 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
oh-NOH-fray
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