Onufry as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Onufry

What is the meaning of the name Onufry ?

The baby name Onufry is a Male name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced /ɔˈnufrɨ/ (oh-NOO-frih) — Polish pronunciation.

Onufry is in Origin.

Onufry is the Polish form of Greek Onouphrios, Latinized as Onuphrius, ultimately from ancient Egyptian Wnn‑nfr (Wenennefer), an epithet of Osiris meaning “ever good,” “continually good,” or “the perfect one.” Accordingly, the name conveys the idea of enduring goodness or moral excellence.

It gained currency through the veneration of Saint Onuphrius, a 4th‑century Egyptian hermit, whose cult spread across the Greek and Latin churches. In Poland the name appears in records of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, used among clergy and the nobility; it is rare today but remembered through figures such as the Piarist grammarian Onufry Kopczyński (1736–1817). Common Polish name day: 12 June. International variants include Onoufrios (Greek), Onuphrius (Latin), Onofrio (Italian), Onofre (Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese), Onufriy/Anufriy (East Slavic), Onufrie (Romanian), and Onufri (Albanian). Related feminine forms are uncommon but may appear as Onufria in ecclesiastical contexts.

⚙ Onufry is extremely rare. Across 1 country, we found just 2 recorded uses of it.