Dion

Spellings & scripts●

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 14 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Dion is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Portuguese given name54K records spelled Dion13 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Brazil, United States, Philippines, Argentina

  Languages: Portuguese, Spanish

  Also written Dión, Díon, Diòn, Dìon, Dîoñ

• French given name48K records spelled Dion5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, France, Canada, Netherlands

  Languages: French, Catalan

  Also written Dions, Dium, Díon

• a separate given name9.5K records spelled Dion2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Canada, India

  Also written Dión

• Indonesian given name8.9K records spelled Dion3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Indonesia, United States, Malaysia, Philippines

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written 'Dion

73 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Dion is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In English, A male given name from Ancient Greek.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In French, du nom germanique Thiodo, dérivé de theod ‘peuple’.

  as a name·Dictionnaire des noms de famille du Canada français. Anthroponymie et généalogie. 2e édition

• In French, voir Guyon.

  as a name·Dictionnaire des noms de famille du Canada français. Anthroponymie et généalogie. 2e édition

• In Swedish, Dion är en fransk form av latinets Dio (i genitiv Diónis) och en kortform till grekiska namn på Dio- (= Zeus). Det kan också ses som en kortform av Dionysos, namnet på den grekiske vinguden. Dion har ganska nyligen kommit till Sverige via USA, där det var populärt på 1970- och 1980-talet.

  as a name·Förnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon

• In English, Laconian king; pers. name

  as a name·Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 97 years between 1929–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Dion Boucicaultb. 1820IEIrish actor and dramatist (1820-1890)
• Dion DiMuccib. 1939USAmerican singer
• Dion Beebeb. 1968AUAustralian cinematographer
• Dion Dublinb. 1969GBEnglish television presenter and former footballer (born 1969)
• No I.D.b. 1971USnot in their usual nameAmerican music producer (born 1971)
• Dion Bascob. 1977USAmerican actor
• Ron DeSantisb. 1978USnot in their usual nameAmerican politician (born 1978)
• Dion Waitersb. 1991USAmerican basketball player (born 1991)
• Dion Cooperb. 1993NLDutch singer
• Dion Coolsb. 1996BEBelgian-Malaysian association football player

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 782 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Dion?

We estimate roughly 19 thousand people bear Dion (counting its spellings and scripts) across 11 countries in our records.

In which country does Dion have the most bearers?

Dion is most frequently recorded in the Netherlands, where it is most often spelled dion.

Where is Dion most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Dion is densest in Albania — about 1 in 2.1 thousand people — even though Netherlands holds more of our records for it.

How common is Dion compared with other names?

In the Netherlands, Dion is the 643rd most common given name of 134,847 given names recorded there.

Is Dion a male or female name?

Dion is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Dion mean?

Recorded meaning: French: from Latin Dio (genitive Dionis), a’short form of the various names of Greek origin containing as their first element Dio- ‘Zeus’.