Oneida
A girls’ name of Haudenosaunee origin, meaning standing stone; people of the standing stone.
Babies a year
5
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
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outside the ONS list
Oneida by the numbers
Oneida was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 63 babies in 1919, so it is a 1910s name that has since fallen a long way.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Oneida. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean a stone or rock
Like Oneida, each of these has a stone or rock in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Jadejade stone; symbol of virtue and beauty2,765 in the US (2017)
- Harleyhare meadow or rocky meadow366 in England and Wales (2025)
- Harlowrocky hill or army hill832 in the US (2017)
- Esmeraldaemerald; the precious green stone815 in the US (2017)
- Selahpause or rock; biblical term of uncertain significance693 in the US (2017)
- Loreleimurmuring rock; a Rhine river siren680 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Oneida
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