Onesimus

Greek

"beneficial, profitable"

Onesimus Origin and Meaning

The name Onesimus is a boy's name meaning "beneficial, profitable".

Rarely used these days, Onesimus was the name of an escaped enslaved man in the Bible who met St. Paul in prison. Its Greek sound is obvious, and its four syllables make it one that might be hard to wear in the twenty-first century.

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Famous People Named Onesimus

• Saint Onesimus runaway slave who met St. Paul, subject of the Epistle to Philemon, he later was a Bishop of the early Christian church
• Onesimus Ustonson English manufacturer of fishing tackle
• Onesimus Muzik stage name of Armstrong Kalua, Malawian pop singer
• Onesimus Dongsin Park South Korean bishop

Onesimus in Pop Culture

• 4 syllables Oh,ness,uh,muss