Onyx
Onyx is a boy name of Greek origin, meaning The deep-black gemstone.
What Onyx means
The deep-black gemstone.
Onyx is short — 4 letters, and ends on a consonant, which gives it a firmer stop.
Where Onyx comes from
Greek names often reach back to mythology, philosophy, or the early Church. They tend to be transparently meaningful in the original: many are compounds you can still take apart into their two halves.
Onyx is recorded as Greek in origin. Browse other Greek names.
How popular is Onyx?
Onyx sits outside the top 100 boy names we currently track. For many parents that is the appeal: a name with genuine history behind it that has not been picked up by everyone at once.
The character of Onyx
We group Onyx under Celebrity, Gem and Color — an unusual pairing, and often the reason a name feels the way it does. Each theme opens a full list of names sharing it.
Names like Onyx
These share Onyx's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Amethyst — The calming purple gem.
- Emerald — The green gemstone.
- Garnett — The deep-red garnet gem.
- Neel — Blue; sapphire.
- Jade — The green gemstone of the side.
- Opal — Precious jewel; gem.
- Opaline — Like the opal gem.
- Ruby — The deep-red gemstone.
- Amber — Golden fossilized resin.
- Blue — The colour of the sky and sea.
- Coral — From the sea; a pink-red gem.
- Garnet — The deep-red gem.