| Meaning: | dedicated to Dionysos | Tools: Add to favorites Generate:
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| Name info: About the name Dion in particular | | Gender: | male |
| Languages of use: | German, French, English |
| Is short form of: | Dionysius |
| US 2021 rank: | not in the Top 1000; other popularity lists see below |
| Similarly written: | Deion, Deon, Dian, Dian, Dian, Dior, Dior, Don, Gion, Ion Details |
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| Group info: About Dennis/Denise, the group of names with the same origin as Dion | | 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 Dion | | Series | Graph | Rankings |
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| Albania | | 2019 10 |
| Switzerland | Graph | 2021 192, 2020 154, 2019 178, 2018 183, 2016 177, 2015 172, 2014 182 |
| Switzerland/German | Graph | 2021 145, 2020 128, 2019 134, 2018 162, 2016 144, 2015 143, 2014 139, 2013 115 |
| USA decades | | 1990-1999 596 |
| USA yearly | Graph | 2020 950, 2006 996, 2005 966, 2004 847, 2003 857, 2002 831, 2001 773, 2000 709, 1999 637, 1998 665, 1997 614, 1996 559, 1995 555, 1994 542, 1993 519 |
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