Onesimus Forename

112,049th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 3,908 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Nauru

Onesimus Forename Definition:

So called from Onēsimus, Philemon’s servant, of whom Paul wrote; in Gr.’Ονησιμος, signifying useful, profitable, advantageous. Onesimus was the name of a Macedonian nobleman, treated with great kindness by the Roman emperors, and who wrote an account of the life of the Emperors Probus and Carus.

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Onesimus Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia-1,7671:145,99015,219
Ghana
100%
5621:48,0182,599
Nigeria
100%
4271:415,84213,880
Uganda
100%
3651:112,2114,880
Liberia
99%
 
2661:16,5871,224
Kenya-911:508,86914,004
Zimbabwe
100%
851:181,45711,201
United States
100%
711:5,106,15563,516
Zambia-691:229,7807,530
India
100%
541:22,497,740509,959
South Africa
93%
 
341:1,603,90151,699
Namibia-251:96,1674,687
England
100%
131:4,277,14841,317
Papua New Guinea
100%
131:627,10146,379
Qatar-101:236,96022,379
Malaysia
100%
91:3,383,32786,111
Philippines
100%
81:13,251,185172,764
Saint Lucia
100%
71:25,4022,434
Guyana-41:190,81611,826
Malawi
100%
41:4,278,07813,569
Solomon Islands-31:193,6526,393
Jamaica-21:1,441,61415,741
Marshall Islands
100%
21:25,6153,101
Sudan-11:37,806,97510,689
Bermuda-11:64,8262,481
Tanzania-11:52,788,31985,066
Trinidad and Tobago-11:1,361,41934,512
Cameroon-11:21,610,503119,836
Brazil-11:214,236,154864,335
United States Virgin Islands-11:109,7474,493
Botswana-11:2,184,44921,741
South Korea-11:5,544,42137,250
Canada-11:33,133,372113,810
Sierra Leone-11:7,088,6631,497
Norway-11:5,132,32937,513
Nauru
100%
11:11,927903
Bahamas-11:399,3704,606
Germany-11:96,677,87695,912
Grenada
100%
11:108,1254,208
Italy-11:61,062,09083,289

Onesimus (235) may also be a surname.

Onesimus Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

So called from Onēsimus, Philemon’s servant, of whom Paul wrote; in Gr.’Ονησιμος, signifying useful, profitable, advantageous. Onesimus was the name of a Macedonian nobleman, treated with great kindness by the Roman emperors, and who wrote an account of the life of the Emperors Probus and Carus.

Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock

O-nes'-se-mus, profitable, useful. A Phrygian by nation, and slave to Philemon, who ran away, and was converted at Rome. Philem. 10.

The Proper Names of The Bible (1855) by John Farrar

Meaning: profitable.

A Dictionary of the Proper Names of the Old and New Testament (1909) by James Beaumont Jackson

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