Save Gender Feminine Usage Spanish (Caribbean, Rare), Spanish (Mexican, Rare) Pronounced Pron. [o.ˈni.ɾja](Spanish) [key·simplify] Meaning & History Likely an invented name, perhaps based on the Spanish word onírica meaning "oneiric, dreamlike" (from Greek ὄνειρος (oneiros) "dream"). This name was borne by Cuban revolutionary Oniria Gutiérrez (1940-?).