name
Oneida
oh-NY-dah
/oʊˈnaɪdɑː/Listen
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Syllable breakdown
Oneida
Name meaning and origin
- Origin
- Haudenosaunee/Oneida (New York/Northeast USA)
- Meaning
- People of the standing stone
- Gender
- unisex
Pronunciation tips
The Oneida are one of the six nations of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois Confederacy); 'Oneida' literally means 'people of the standing stone'; the Iroquois Confederacy influenced the formation of the United States government; used as both a name and a geographic identifier
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