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Onofrio

♂ Boy

How to Pronounce Onofrio

Pronounced oh-NOH-free-oh /oʊˈnoʊ.fri.oʊ/Medium

Meaning: Onofrio is the Italian form of Onuphrius, the name of a fourth-century desert hermit-saint of Egypt. The name reached Europe through Greek and is often given a sense connected to being 'always happy' or a bringer of peace. It links, too, to the English Humphrey.Low

In 30 seconds: Onofrio is the Italian form of the desert-saint name Onuphrius, of Egyptian and Greek roots. It stayed rare in the US, peaking around the early nineteen-twenties (said oh-NOH-free-oh).
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Origin LowItalian
MeaningOnofrio is the Italian form of Onuphrius, the name of a fourth-century desert hermit-saint of Egypt. The name reached Europe through Greek and is often given a sense connected to being 'always happy' or a bringer of peace. It links, too, to the English Humphrey.
U.S. rank (1979)#4722 ↗ Rising
1979 U.S. births8 boys (0.00% of U.S. boys)
Peak year1922
Total births (all-time)≈ 269

Popularity in the U.S. · SSA data

peak 192219131979

U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.

SSA data updated May 2026. How we source & verify this data.

History & Origin

Onofrio is the Italian form of Onuphrius, the name of a revered fourth-century Egyptian desert saint, brought west through Greek. It is sometimes read as 'always happy' and is the Italian cousin of the English Humphrey. It arrived in American records with Italian immigrant families in the early last century.

It appears thinly in American records in the early last century and reached its faint peak around the early nineteen-twenties. A boy given Onofrio then would belong to a great-grandfather generation today.

Did you know? Saint Onuphrius, a hermit of the Egyptian desert, was widely venerated, and Onofrio carried his memory into Italian families and, more faintly, into early American records.
Overall data confidence 44%
References - Onofrio — Italian form of Onuphrius; desert-saint name; cousin of Humphrey.

Variations

OnofreOnofriusOnofrei

Nicknames

NofrioOno

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Frequently Asked

What does the name Onofrio mean?

Onofrio is the Italian form of Onuphrius, an early desert-saint's name of Egyptian and Greek roots, sometimes read as 'always happy'.

How do you pronounce Onofrio?

It is said oh-NOH-free-oh /oʊˈnoʊ.fri.oʊ/, four syllables with the stress on the second.

Is Onofrio a boy or girl name?

Onofrio is used as a boy's name.

How popular is Onofrio?

It has always been rare in the United States, given to only about twenty boys a year at its faint peak in the early nineteen-twenties.

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