Fun Facts About the Name Onyxx
- 141 babies named Onyxx: U.S. records list 141 babies given the name Onyxx from 1880 through 2025. Even 22 girls received the name Onyxx - about 1 girl for every 5 boys.
What Does the Name Onyxx Mean?
Onyxx is a modern spelling of Onyx, a name taken from the gemstone. The gemstone word comes from Greek ὄνυξ (onyx), meaning "claw" or "fingernail," which passed into Latin as onyx and from there into English. The stone was named for its appearance: many onyxes are banded, with a pale, translucent layer over a darker one, so the polished surface resembles a fingernail over skin.
In Greek the word could refer both to a claw or nail and to the stone, and English borrowed only the stone sense. The double x in Onyxx is a stylized respelling that keeps the gemstone word recognizable rather than a separate etymology.
Onyxx Name History & Origins
The word entered English in the Middle Ages by way of Latin onyx from Greek ὄνυξ. Classical and later writers used it for banded chalcedony and for a kind of marble; the Roman author Pliny the Elder discussed onyx stones in his Natural History. The same Greek root also produced the English combining form onycho-, used in medical words for the fingernail or toenail, which preserves the older "nail" sense that the gemstone name dropped.
In the Latin Bible and in many English translations, the Hebrew word shoham is rendered "onyx" when listing stones on the high priest's breastplate. That is a translation choice, and the exact stone meant by shoham is uncertain, so it should not be treated as the origin of the English word.
Like other gemstone and mineral words, Onyx has been used occasionally as a personal name, mainly in the English-speaking world. The variant Onyxx differs only in spelling and shares the same history.
How Popular is the Name Onyxx?
Onyxx has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2023. Its best rank was #4,080 in 2023.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #14,484 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 2023 | #14,715 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 2021 | #17,046 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2020 | #16,906 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #5,548 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 2024 | #7,116 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2023 | #4,080 | 27 | 0.0016% |
| 2022 | #4,155 | 26 | 0.0015% |
| 2021 | #5,715 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 2020 | #13,522 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2019 | #8,048 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2018 | #11,765 | 6 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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