Onuphrius

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Gender Masculine
Usage Egyptian Mythology (Latinized), Late Roman

Meaning & History

Latinized form of Greek Ὀνούφριος (Onouphrios), derived from Egyptian wnn-nfr meaning "he who is good, he who is happy". This was an epithet of the god Osiris. It was later used by an Egyptian saint and hermit from the 4th or 5th century.