Comments for the name Ion

An ion is a charged atomic particle.

Exactly what I was thinking. This name is very... science-y. ;) Don't like it, although wouldn't it be pronounced like yawn?

Ion Voicu (October 8, 1923–February 24, 1997) was a Romanian violinist and orchestral conductor of Roma ethnicity. In 1969 he founded the award-winning Bucharest Chamber Orchestra, which is now conducted by his son Mădălin Voicu.

Tudor Arghezi was the pen name of Ion N. Theodorescu. He was a Romanian writer most noted for his contributions to poetry and children's literature.

Ion Luca Caragiale was a Romanian playwright and short story writer. His plays are characterised by a classical construction and a very acute observation of the social realities of the time, always mixed with a fine sense of irony. As a founding figure of Romanian literature, Caragiale is portrayed on the old 1,000,000 lei note issued in December 2003 and also on the new 100 lei banknote issued after the denomination process in late 2005.

Ion Creangă (1837 - 1889) was a Romanian children's writer and memoirist. Beside his masterpiece, Amintiri din copilărie (Childhood memories), some of his most famous stories are Moş Ion Roată şi Unirea, Dănilă Prepeleac, Povestea porcului, Fata babei şi fata moşului, and Ivan Turbincă.

It's not YAHN, it's YON. Rhymes with "tone."

My brother's name is Ion, and we pronounce it with a long "I" and "YAWN".

It takes some getting used to but I think it's a wonderful name. :) I named a Romanian character this in my story although I may be changing it because it doesn't really seem to fit him.

Ion Perdicaris was a Greek-American that was kidnapped in Morocco in 1904. This was called the Perdicaris Incident.

Ion Antonescu was the vicious dictator of Romania during WWII. He was responsible for the death of many people, including most of Romania's Jews.

Romanian pronunciation is YON (long 'o' sound). [noted -ed]

Ion Iliescu was president of Romania between 1992-1996 and 2000-2004.