Onesimo
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- oh-neh-SEE-moh
- Origin
- Greek
Onesimo is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “useful”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Onesimo mean?
Greek: Spanish and Italian form of Onesimus, from Greek Onesimos
“useful”
Onesimus is the slave for whom Paul pleads in his Letter to Philemon.
Is Onesimo a girl's or a boy's name?
Onesimo is a boys' name.
How popular is Onesimo in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1982, with 16 boys. It first appears in the records in 1917.
Half of all the boys named Onesimo in the US since 1880 were born between 1944 and 1993, the years shaded on the chart below.
Onesimo in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 5 | #12,322 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 6 | #10,797 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #12,180 |
| 2015 | 7 | #9,562 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 10 | #7,553 |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 9 | #8,305 |
| 2008 | 8 | #9,013 |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 8 | #8,726 |
| 2005 | 8 | #8,292 |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 8 | #7,636 |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,236 |
| 2000 | 9 | #6,832 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 6 | #8,472 |
| 1997 | 11 | #5,282 |
| 1996 | 6 | #7,964 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 10 | #5,446 |
| 1993 | 9 | #5,764 |
| 1992 | 5 | #8,426 |
| 1991 | 5 | #8,228 |
| 1990 | 10 | #4,986 |
| 1989 | 6 | #6,934 |
| 1988 | 5 | #7,264 |
| 1987 | 8 | #4,962 |
| 1986 | 8 | #4,848 |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,517 |
| 1984 | 5 | #6,311 |
| 1983 | 8 | #4,497 |
| 1982 | 16 | #2,830 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 9 | #4,133 |
| 1979 | 5 | #6,054 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 6 | #5,121 |
| 1976 | 5 | #5,584 |
| 1975 | 9 | #3,657 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 7 | #4,052 |
| 1972 | 6 | #4,438 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 6 | #4,228 |
| 1969 | 8 | #3,313 |
| 1968 | 9 | #2,906 |
| 1967 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1966 | 8 | #2,985 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 6 | #3,600 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 8 | #3,039 |
| 1961 | 6 | #3,650 |
| 1960 | 10 | #2,683 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 7 | #3,255 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 6 | #3,503 |
| 1954 | 7 | #3,174 |
| 1953 | 9 | #2,708 |
| 1952 | 6 | #3,370 |
| 1951 | 7 | #3,064 |
| 1950 | 9 | #2,579 |
| 1949 | 6 | #3,296 |
| 1948 | 10 | #2,442 |
| 1947 | 8 | #2,861 |
| 1946 | 5 | #3,523 |
| 1945 | 7 | #2,742 |
| 1944 | 9 | #2,466 |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 7 | #2,939 |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 8 | #2,646 |
| 1937 | 10 | #2,332 |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 9 | #2,529 |
| 1934 | 10 | #2,393 |
| 1933 | 5 | #3,640 |
| 1932 | 12 | #2,191 |
| 1931 | 9 | #2,650 |
| 1930 | 5 | #3,999 |
| 1929 | 13 | #2,198 |
| 1928 | 12 | #2,387 |
| 1927 | 6 | #3,778 |
| 1926 | 11 | #2,565 |
| 1925 | 9 | #2,934 |
| 1924 | 9 | #3,022 |
| 1923 | 8 | #3,173 |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 5 | #3,979 |
Names like Onesimo
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
George William Alejandro Otto Peter John James Alonzo Alexander Charles Joseph Philip
More Greek names
Luca Theodore Sophia Theo Lucas Sofia Sebastian Penelope Phoebe Margot Luke Chloe Sophie Zoe Iris Maisie
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Onesimo: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/onesimo, updated 20 October 2026.