52%RatingSave Gender Masculine Usage Greek Mythology Scripts Ἴων(Ancient Greek) Pronounced Pron. EE-AWN(Classical Greek) [key·IPA] Meaning & History Of unknown etymology, possibly Pre-Greek. According to Greek mythology he was a son of Creusa and Xuthus (or alternatively the god Apollo). He was said to be the ancestor of the Greek tribe of the Ionians. Related Names Same SpellingIon 1User SubmissionIon PopularityDetails Last ranked #77 in 2018 Basque Country, Spain Last ranked #409 in 2010 Spain (by decade) Categories ancestors, demigods, English nouns, Greek mythology, isograms, mythology, uncertain etymology, word names
