Name

Name ONLY

Between 1999 and 2021 there were 1 birth of Only in the countries below, which represents an average of 0 birth of children bearing the first name Only per year on average throughout this period.
On the last available year for each country, we count 0 birth.

Other languages :
En Français

Prénom Only
In Italiano

Nome Only

Information about the first name Only

The first name Only has been assigned to:

0.00% to boys
100.00% to girls

The country where the first name Only is the most common is:

Italy

This first name is on trend: Female

This first name has 4 letters including 2 vowels and 2 consonants

Only in Japanese ^*

Romaji	onrii
Katakana	オンリー
Hiragana	おんりー
* This is a phonetic conversion, not a translation.
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Only in sign language

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Only in binary language

01101111 01101110 01101100 01111001

Origin and meaning of name Only

English

Etymology

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From Middle English oonly, onli, onlych, onelich, anely, from Old English ānlīċ, ǣnlīċ (“like; similar; equal”), from Proto-Germanic *ainalīkaz, equivalent to one +‎ -ly. Cognate with obsolete Dutch eenlijk, German ähnlich (“similar”), Old Norse álíkr, Swedish enlig (“unified”). Regarding the different phonological development of only and one, see the note in one.

Adjective

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only (not comparable)
Alone in a category.
Singularly superior; the best.
Without sibling; without a sibling of the same gender.
1949, Frank B. Gilbreth, Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey, Cheaper by the Dozen, dedication:
To DAD ¶ who only reared twelve children ¶ and ¶ To MOTHER ¶ who reared twelve only children
(obsolete) Mere.

Alternative forms

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onely (obsolete)
onlie (obsolete)

Anagrams

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Lyon, lyon, noyl, ynol

Noun

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only (plural onlys or onlies)
An only child.

Pronunciation

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(Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈəʊn.li/, (in fast speech) /ˈəʊn.i/
(UK) IPA(key): /ˈəʊn.lɪ/, (in fast speech) /ˈəʊn.ɪ/
(US) IPA(key): /ˈoʊn.li/
Rhymes: -əʊnli, -oʊnli
Hyphenation: on‧ly

Adjective (Synonyms)

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(alone in a category): sole, lone; see also Thesaurus:sole
(singularly superior): peerless, unequaled, nonpareil

Adverb (Derived terms)

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if and only if
if only
only if
only to

Adverb (Synonyms)

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(without others): See also Thesaurus:solely
(no more than): See also Thesaurus:merely
(as recently as):
(above all others):

Popularity of the name Only

Number of ONLY births per year

Popularity of the name Only

Popularity of the name Only

Total births of Only by country

		Births with the first name Only
Country		Boys Girls
	Italy 1999 - 2021	0 1

Popularity of the name Only

Comments on the name Only

Personalities with the first name Only

There is 0 personality with the first name Only

Film Actors and Actresses with the first name Only

There are 3 actors and actresses with the first name Only

Only Child

Only The Family

Only Child

Rankings of first name ONLY by country

Country ranking (boys)
Rank	Country	Year
No ranking of first name ONLY (male) births over the last year available in each country

Country ranking (girls)
Rank	Country	Year
No ranking of first name ONLY (female) births over the last year available in each country

Other boys' names around Only

ONKARJYOT ONKARPREET ONKARSINGH ONKARVEER ONKARVIR ONKIT ONKON ONKWATAHSETARHAHSE ONLEY ONLI ONLY ONN ONNA ONNDRÉ ONNEA ONNI ONNIE ONNIG ONNIK ONNO ONNON

Other girls' names around Only

ONIZIA ONJALI ONJOLI ONK ONKAR ONKE ONKELA ONKGOPOTSE ONKITA ONLAVI ONLY ONLYGOD ONNA ONNALIE ONNAPA ONNEE ONNELIIS ONNER ONNES ONNI ONNIA

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