Onnah

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
5
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Onnah by the numbers

Onnah was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 5 babies in 2000, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Onnah

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 Onnah. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Onnawoman or female17 in the US (2017)
  • Onah5 in the US (2017)
  • Oonaghone lamb or fair11 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Onealdescendant of the champion; related to O'Neill6 in the US (2017)
  • Oriah4 in England and Wales (2025)

Sounds like Onnah

Names that are said the same way as Onnah, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Onagrace, favor8 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Onnah

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