Dion

Gender Masculine
Usage Ancient Greek, English
Scripts Δίων(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced Pron. DEE-ahn(English)  [key·IPA]

Meaning & History

Short form of Dionysios and other Greek names beginning with the Greek element Διός (Dios) meaning "of Zeus". This was the name of a 4th-century BC tyrant of Syracuse. It has been used as an American given name since the middle of the 20th century.

Related Names

VariantDeon(English)
Feminine FormsDione, Dionne, Deonne(English)
Other Languages & CulturesDeion, Deon(African American) Denis(Albanian) Dzianis(Belarusian) Dionysius(Biblical) Denis(Croatian) Denis(Czech) Dennis(Dutch) Denis(French) Denis, Dennis(German) Dionysios(Greek) Dénes(Hungarian) Dionisio(Italian) Tenney(Medieval English) Dinis, Dionísio, Diniz(Portuguese) Dênis(Portuguese (Brazilian)) Denis, Dionisie(Romanian) Denis(Russian) Denis, Dionýz(Slovak) Denis(Slovene) Dionisio(Spanish) Denys(Ukrainian)

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Name Days

Denmark: July 6

Categories

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Entry updated January 21, 2022