Definitions for onomancy
ono·man·cy

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1. onomancynoun

   divination by the letters of a name

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1. Onomancynoun

   Divination by a name.

   Etymology: ὄνομα and μαντεία.

   Destinies were superstitiously, by onomancy, deciphered out of names, as though the names and natures of men were suitable, and fatal necessities concurred herein with voluntary motion. William Camden.

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1. Onomancy

   Onomancy (or nomancy) is divination based on a subject's name. Onomancy was popular in Europe during the Late Middle Ages but is said to have originated with the Pythagoreans. Several methods of analyzing a name are possible, some of which are based on arithmancy or gematria.An early example of onomancy is found in the Secretum Secretorum. The system given there involves adding up the numerical values of the letters in the names of two antagonists, dividing the total for each person by 9, and comparing the remainders with a table which predicts the victor.In China, Taiwan, and Japan, onomancy is known as 姓名判断 (Chinese: xingming panduan; Japanese: seimei handan). It can take several forms, but the most popular is based on the character strokes in the subject's written name, and the result number will be modulo 81, the remainders 0, 1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 21, 23, 24, 25, 29, 31, 32, 33, 35, 37, 38, 39, 41, 45, 47, 48, 52, 57, 58, 61, 63, 65, 67, 68 are “lucky” numbers.

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1. onomancy

   Onomancy is a form of divination or fortune-telling method that interprets the meaning, significance, or symbolism of names. It is believed that a person's name can reveal information about their personality, character, and destiny.

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1. • Divination

Usage in printed sourcesFrom: 

1. [["1784","3"],["1792","2"],["1794","6"],["1811","2"],["1820","2"],["1821","1"],["1824","1"],["1826","5"],["1827","1"],["1830","5"],["1831","2"],["1832","3"],["1838","1"],["1839","1"],["1841","1"],["1842","1"],["1845","2"],["1846","1"],["1847","1"],["1850","6"],["1856","1"],["1857","1"],["1860","3"],["1867","2"],["1871","1"],["1872","3"],["1880","2"],["1886","1"],["1891","7"],["1895","3"],["1896","1"],["1903","3"],["1904","2"],["1905","2"],["1906","4"],["1907","1"],["1909","1"],["1916","1"],["1920","1"],["1922","7"],["1923","3"],["1924","1"],["1925","1"],["1927","3"],["1928","5"],["1929","1"],["1936","2"],["1938","4"],["1939","6"],["1947","4"],["1949","2"],["1950","2"],["1952","2"],["1953","3"],["1954","3"],["1955","4"],["1957","8"],["1958","26"],["1959","15"],["1960","2"],["1961","2"],["1962","2"],["1963","2"],["1964","2"],["1965","2"],["1966","5"],["1967","5"],["1968","19"],["1969","4"],["1970","3"],["1971","2"],["1972","3"],["1973","4"],["1974","8"],["1975","2"],["1976","4"],["1977","16"],["1978","4"],["1980","5"],["1982","4"],["1983","9"],["1984","4"],["1985","6"],["1986","27"],["1987","2"],["1988","4"],["1989","25"],["1990","9"],["1991","14"],["1992","11"],["1993","6"],["1994","13"],["1995","12"],["1996","11"],["1997","29"],["1998","11"],["1999","41"],["2000","14"],["2001","8"],["2002","25"],["2003","62"],["2004","9"],["2005","5"],["2006","13"],["2007","22"],["2008","14"]]

How to pronounce onomancy?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say onomancy in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of onomancy in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of onomancy in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=onomancy
2. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=onomancy
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onomancy
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=onomancy