Meaning and Origin
What does the name Onyx mean? Keep reading to find the user submitted meanings, dictionary definitions, and more.
User Submitted Origins
User Submitted Meanings
- 3 submissions from all over the world agree the name Onyx means "Gemstone".
- A submission from Florida, U.S. says the name Onyx means "it is a gemstone" and is of English origin.
- According to a user from North Carolina, U.S., the name Onyx is of Latin origin and means "A dark, dusky gemstone".
- A user from Canada says the name Onyx means "Protector".
- A submission from California, U.S. says the name Onyx means "A character from Wings of Fire. Tried to steal the throne from Thorn".
- A user from Pennsylvania, U.S. says the name Onyx means "Nail, claw".
- [Min] Chalcedony in parallel layers of different shades of color. It is used for making cameos, the figure being cut in one layer with the next as a ground.
- Same as Mexican onyx.
- A deep jet-black color.
Etymology: L., fr. Gr. � a claw, finger nail, a veined gem. See Nail, and cf. Onycha
- A chalcedony with alternating black and white bands; used in making cameos
From Middle English onix (c. 1300), earlier oniche (c. 1250), from Old French oniche or onix, from Latin onyx, from Ancient Greek ὄνυξ (ónux, “onyx”).
- (mineralogy) A banded variety of chalcedony, a cryptocrystalline form of quartz.
- A jet-black color, named after the gemstone.
- onyx colour:
- Any of various lycaenid butterflies of the genus Horaga.
onyx was also found in the following language(s): Latin, Middle English, and Portuguese