Onah
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.
Onah by the numbers
Onah was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 5 babies in 1916, making it a 1910s name.
What we can tell you about Onah
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Onah. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Onah
Names that are said the same way as Onah, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Onnawoman or female17 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Onah
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