Onesiphorus
given name · Latin script
Meaning: Onesiphorus is a strong, classic name of Greek origin meaning "profit-bearing" or "beneficial"
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Onesiphorus is a male given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.
- USUnited States≈1 in 88Mfew records(inferred from the name graph)
carrying the name, as Mondonomo estimates it from our sources: no national register counts it in these countries. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (inferred from the name graph)
- Record sources
- 11 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 88M (inferred from the name graph)
≈4 people, est.
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
United States, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts
(measured from records)One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)Onesiphorus is a strong, classic name of Greek origin meaning "profit-bearing" or "beneficial." In the Bible, Onesiphorus was a loyal and courageous friend to the Apostle Paul, making the name a symbol of steadfastness and supportive friendship.
Cited for this meaning 1
- Biblical Names Compiled Database
Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Onesiphorus counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | ≈4 est. | ≈1 in 88M | Onesiphorus | 11 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses
(measured from records)Onesiphorus is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
The name Onesiphorus is Greek (Ὀνησιφόρος) and means "bringing profit," "beneficial," or "useful."
as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database
Onesiphorus is revered as a model of loyalty, courage, and Christian fellowship. His story exemplifies the importance of supporting fellow believers, especially those facing persecution, and his actions are seen as a powerful expression of selfless love and friendship in the face of danger.
as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name
(measured from records)- Onesiphorus Randallb. 1798GBEnglish publican and property sepculator
- Onesiphorus PaulPaul, Sir Onesiphorus, first baronet (bap. 1706, d. 1774), clothier
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence
(measured from records)1 register or reference work attests this spelling, across 0 countries.
Reference works 1
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Is Onesiphorus a male or female name?
- Onesiphorus is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- Where does the name Onesiphorus come from?
- Onesiphorus is a strong, classic name of Greek origin meaning "profit-bearing" or "beneficial." In the Bible, Onesiphorus was a loyal and courageous friend to the Apostle Paul, making the name a symbo… Recorded by Biblical Names Compiled Database.
- What does the name Onesiphorus mean?
- Recorded meaning: Onesiphorus is a strong, classic name of Greek origin meaning "profit-bearing" or "beneficial."
- In which country does Onesiphorus have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 4 people named Onesiphorus in the United States, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled onesiphorus.
- How common is the name Onesiphorus?
- Mondonomo estimates about 4 people in the United States have Onesiphorus as their first given name, about 1 in 88 million residents. No national register counts it there; the figure is ours, calibrated against the registers that do.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/onesiphorusThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Onesiphorus”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.