Given name & surname
Oneida
“our longawaited daughter”
Oneida is used as a given name and a surname. One Native American interpretation is “our longawaited daughter.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Native American interpretation is “our longawaited daughter.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Native American.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1887. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Oneida through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,268
- 0 boys · 2,268 girls
- Most popular year
- 1919
- 63 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 9 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 63 in 1919. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,463 as a first name in 2020; 136 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Oneida’s family of names
Oneida has a related form in Oneyda. Oneida has a related form in Onida. Oneida has a related form in Onieda.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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