Name info: About the name Deon in particular | |
Group info: About Dennis/Denise, the group of names with the same origin as Deon | Meaning/translation: | dedicated to Dionysos |
Language of origin: | Old Greek |
Info about origin, male: | from the Greek name Dionysios which means dedicated to Dionysos |
| in Greek mythology Dionysos is the god of wine, a son of Zeus and Semele |
| the name of the god consists of dios (of Zeus) and nysa, the name of a legendary mountain |
| known from Saint Dionysius (3rd century AD), one of the 14 Holy Helpers |
| the French city of Saint Denis is named after this saint |
Words: | dios = of Zeus Old Greek |
Topics: | 14 Holy Helpers, Greek mythology |
Variants' top ranks: | 7:Dennis Germany/West 1986, 7:Denisa Romania 2009, 10:Dion Albania 2019, 13:Denis Romania 2009, 13:Dinis Portugal 2017, 26:Denise Austria/Vienna 2000, 77:Dénes Hungary 2002, 98:Denisse Mexico 2010, 472:Deon USA 1994, 693:Denisha USA 1994 |
Somehow related to: | Sidney/Sidney, Zeus |
Old/original forms: | Dionysios Old Greek, Dionysius Latin |
Name variants: | Denice, Denisa, Denise, Denisha, Denisse, Dionisia, Dionne, Dénes, Denis, Dennis, Denny, Denys, Deon, Dinis, Dion, Dionigi, Dionisio, Dionte, Dionys, Dionysius Sortable list Details |
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Popularity: Popularity lists that contain the name Deon | Series | Graph | Rankings |
USA decades | | 1990-1999 522 |
USA yearly | Graph | 2013 936, 2012 985, 2011 979, 2010 884, 2009 831, 2008 827, 2007 785, 2006 845, 2005 829, 2004 815, 2003 721, 2002 692, 2001 742, 2000 607, 1999 613, 1998 613, 1997 577, 1996 511, 1995 483, 1994 472, 1993 500 |
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