Meaning and background
The story behind Onix
Onix is best treated as a spelling-sensitive name. It resembles the Catalan word *ònix*, meaning the gemstone onyx, and the familiar English word Onyx has the same mineral reference. That does not prove that every Onix was chosen for the stone, however. Unlike Onyx, Onix can also be interpreted as a modern character name; an individual choice cannot be inferred from its letters alone.
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About Onix
Recorded as a dog’s name
Onix appears in 6 dog licence records in the 2026 New York City dataset.
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Sources and research notes (1)
- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene NYC Dog Licensing Dataset — extract_year 2026 — Dog licence periods, not unique dogs; NYC only. No owner-level fields retrieved.
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