31%RatingSave Gender Masculine Usage Oneida (Anglicized) Meaning & History Means "big medicine" in Oneida, from onúhkwaht "medicine" and the suffix -koó "big, great". This was the name of a chief of the Oneida people, also named Cornelius Hill (1834-1907). Categories anglicizations, greatness, health, healthcare, history, indigenous American chiefs, leaders, sizes