Comments for IONE:

Ione in Greek does not mean violet. The Greek word for violet is iodes. Iodes however is not a name.

-- irini1756  3/25/2005

Lovely name. Pronounced EYE-oh-nee.

-- Fink  10/22/2005

My middle name is Ione and my family has always pronounced it like Iown. As in 'I own' that car.

-- Anonymous User  11/30/2005

There is a town in California called Ione. It is pronounced eye-OHN.

-- breakofday  12/22/2005

Ione Skye is the actress who played opposite John Cusack in the cult 80s flick "Say Anything." She pronounces her name "EYE-oh-nee." I strongly prefer this pronunciation over any other.

-- Anonymous User  2/19/2006

The Ione I was at school with pronounces it eye-OH-nee.

-- Anneza  7/14/2006

Ione is one of the Nereids, the 50 daughters of Nereus (the old man of the sea). In the Greek, it would be pronounced eye-oh-nee. Dropping the third syllable is an English alteration.

-- seventhguest  8/10/2007

This has become my favorite girl's name. I think it is one of the few under the radar names left. It is a terrific alternative to the now popular Chloe and Zoe.

I didn't think of this name when I was naming my daugther earlier this year. But I'm sort of glad I didn't because I found out my husband didn't like it, and I would have just been bummed out. Now I'm hoping if we have another child, and it's a girl, the name might grow on him. But I doubt it. Maybe that is why the name isn't more popular, if one parent loves it, the other doesn't.

-- afmastro  11/15/2007

Ione, the name, does indeed mean "Violet". It's listed as this in a baby name book.

-- moomaster  12/24/2007

This name isn't quite as cool as Iona, but it won't lead to ''I own a'' jokes, and it sounds less like Leona, which reminds me of a mean rich woman with that name. This is quite a beautiful name, as long as people pronounce the final 'e'. It would be quite cool even without it, though.

-- slight night shiver  4/24/2008

I am slightly biased because this is my niece's name (she is a toddler); however, I adore this name. It is beautiful, short and sweet; also, not very common.

We pronounce the name - "eye-OH-nee".

Ione is also a species of orchids.

-- bellehime  5/2/2008

If the given name Ione comes from Ionia or Ionian, then the following applies:

Taken from Wikipedia.org:

"The etymology of the word is uncertain of proof. Both Frisk and Beekes isolate an unknown root, *Ia-, pronounced *ya-. There are, however, some theories:

From an unknown early name of an eastern Mediterranean island population represented by Ha-nebu, an ancient Egyption name for the people living there.
From ancient Egyptian 'iwn "pillar, tree trunk" extended into 'iwnt "bow" (of wood?) and 'Iwntyw "bowmen, barbarians." This derivation is analogous on the one hand to the possible derivation of Dorians and on the other fits the Egyptian concept of "nine bows" with reference to the Sea Peoples.
From an Indo-European onomatopoeic root *wi- or *woi- expressing a shout uttered by persons running to the assistance of others; according to Pokorny, *Iawones would mean "Verehren des Apollo", "devotees of Apollo", based on the cry iç paiôn uttered in his worship."

-- bellehime  5/2/2008

My name is Ione :) and I pronounce it 'aye oh nee' like Hermione minus the herm!

-- 1990  6/23/2008

A violet is a type of purple flower.

-- Paris44  6/26/2008

There was a hurricane of this name in September 1955.

-- Kosta  1/7/2009

Sounds like 'I only'.

-- Hushpuppy  5/30/2009

Pronounced "yaw-nee".

-- MaggieSimpson  9/29/2009

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