as a First Name
(French) , from Latin Dio (genitive Dionis), a short form of the various names of Greek origin containing as their first element Dio- Zeus. Examples include Diodoros ‘gift of Zeus’ and Diogenes ‘born of Zeus’. It is also used in the English-speaking world, especially as a Black name.
| 1,690th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 11,796
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- 13,347
- if you include dead people (since the government started keeping track)
- District of Columbia
- has the most people named Dion per capita
- 1969
- marked the height of its popularity
0.64%
99.36%
0.55%
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55+
55%
30-54
30-54
23%
13-29
13-29
21%
0-12
0-12
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