Onufryj as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Onufryj

What is the meaning of the name Onufryj ?

The baby name Onufryj is a Male name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced IPA: /oˈnufrij/; respelling: oh-NOO-free.

Onufryj is Greek in Origin.

Onufryj is a Slavic form of the late Greek Onouphrios, from Coptic Wennefer (ultimately Egyptian wn-nfr), meaning “the good/perfect one” or “ever-good.” The name entered Christian usage through the famed 4th–5th‑century Egyptian desert hermit Saint Onuphrius, widely venerated in the Eastern and Western Churches (feast day June 12). Through Byzantine and monastic channels it spread into the Slavic world, where it took localized spellings and pronunciations.

In Eastern Europe it appears as Ukrainian Онуфрій (transliterated Onufrii/Onufriy), Belarusian Ануфрый/Онуфрый, and Russian Онуфрий (Onufriy); Polish uses Onufry, while Romance cousins include Italian Onofrio, Spanish/Portuguese Onofre, and Romanian Onofrei. Onufryj reflects a Latin-script Slavic transliteration pattern and is encountered in church calendars, hagiographic literature, and early modern Ruthenian–Polish records, especially among clergy and monastics. Though rare today, it persists in Orthodox and Greek-Catholic communities. Diminutives vary by language, e.g., Polish Frysio/Frysiek and East Slavic Onufrik/Nufryk.

⚙ We have no record of Onufryj in any national birth registry or name dataset. That's typically a sign of a rare name, a regional or traditional one, or a modern coinage. By any reading, it's an exceptionally uncommon choice.