| 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 | 2022 194, 2021 145, 2020 128, 2019 134, 2018 162, 2016 144, 2015 143, 2014 139, 2013 115 |
| USA decades | | 1990-1999 596 |
| USA yearly | Graph | 2022 902, 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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