Dion Forename
16,669th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 56,472 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Falkland Islands
Dion Forename Definition:
A Greek name, meaning: Divine. A Syracusan famed in antiquity for his powers and abilities, and after death so mourned by his country that a monument was raised to him.
Dion Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 94% | 17,091 | 1:21,212 | 1,670 |
| Indonesia | 99% | 6,722 | 1:38,376 | 5,026 |
| Ivory Coast | 69% | 5,953 | 1:3,876 | 430 |
| South Africa | 99% | 4,546 | 1:11,996 | 1,936 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 3,211 | 1:5,264 | 794 |
| Australia | - | 2,993 | 1:4,563 | 627 |
| Brazil | 100% | 1,954 | 1:109,640 | 5,914 |
| Canada | 100% | 1,925 | 1:17,212 | 1,642 |
| Greece | 100% | 1,869 | 1:5,850 | 437 |
| New Zealand | - | 1,822 | 1:2,490 | 443 |
| England | 94% | 1,505 | 1:36,945 | 1,930 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 638 | 1:2,134 | 419 |
| Denmark | - | 584 | 1:9,674 | 831 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 572 | 1:36,362 | 4,240 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 466 | 1:66,121 | 7,124 |
| Papua New Guinea | 64% | 441 | 1:18,486 | 1,844 |
| Philippines | 96% | 421 | 1:251,804 | 10,359 |
| Suriname | 100% | 263 | 1:2,102 | 491 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 212 | 1:72,754 | 5,721 |
| Guyana | 100% | 198 | 1:3,855 | 733 |
| Jamaica | - | 183 | 1:15,755 | 1,471 |
| Belize | 100% | 162 | 1:2,187 | 500 |
| India | 78% | 160 | 1:7,592,987 | 251,481 |
| Bahamas | - | 155 | 1:2,577 | 527 |
| Thailand | 100% | 153 | 1:457,946 | 22,380 |
| Belgium | 100% | 152 | 1:75,592 | 3,015 |
| Malaysia | 86% | 146 | 1:208,561 | 11,944 |
| Wales | 99% | 139 | 1:22,261 | 1,179 |
| Malawi | 100% | 127 | 1:134,743 | 6,567 |
| Albania | 100% | 107 | 1:28,473 | 3,204 |
| Singapore | 67% | 87 | 1:72,265 | 7,011 |
| Germany | 100% | 82 | 1:1,178,998 | 8,602 |
| Kenya | - | 79 | 1:586,166 | 15,261 |
| Nigeria | 81% | 70 | 1:2,536,634 | 46,959 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 61 | 1:1,629 | 348 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 60 | 1:914 | 186 |
| Russia | 92% | 57 | 1:2,530,416 | 15,714 |
| Japan | - | 51 | 1:2,509,531 | 21,420 |
| Malta | - | 51 | 1:8,419 | 919 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 46 | 1:53,451 | 2,125 |
| Barbados | - | 39 | 1:7,430 | 922 |
| British Virgin Islands | 100% | 39 | 1:801 | 155 |
| Ireland | 100% | 38 | 1:122,198 | 2,794 |
| Botswana | - | 37 | 1:59,039 | 5,548 |
| China | - | 36 | 1:37,945,994 | 61,562 |
| Uganda | 85% | 34 | 1:1,204,615 | 19,387 |
| Namibia | - | 33 | 1:72,854 | 3,886 |
| Hong Kong | - | 32 | 1:242,273 | 3,429 |
| Bermuda | - | 30 | 1:2,161 | 469 |
| Portugal | - | 28 | 1:371,817 | 6,212 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 26 | 1:7,475,295 | 61,186 |
| Qatar | 100% | 26 | 1:91,139 | 11,761 |
| France | 100% | 25 | 1:2,658,814 | 13,885 |
| Sweden | 100% | 25 | 1:394,316 | 10,934 |
| Colombia | - | 24 | 1:1,990,789 | 16,766 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 24 | 1:342,229 | 6,382 |
| Peru | 100% | 23 | 1:1,382,237 | 16,311 |
| Saint Lucia | 61% | 23 | 1:7,731 | 1,158 |
| Scotland | 81% | 19 | 1:281,598 | 4,379 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 16 | 1:3,831 | 730 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 16 | 1:2,169 | 514 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 15 | 1:3,275 | 583 |
| Gibraltar | - | 14 | 1:2,438 | 470 |
| Senegal | 64% | 14 | 1:1,041,525 | 9,505 |
| Turkey | - | 14 | 1:5,557,265 | 23,905 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 14 | 1:510,857 | 17,236 |
| Zambia | - | 14 | 1:1,132,485 | 16,312 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 13 | 1:8,442 | 1,163 |
| Norway | 100% | 12 | 1:427,694 | 8,125 |
| Mexico | 100% | 11 | 1:11,285,857 | 32,937 |
| Grenada | 100% | 10 | 1:10,812 | 1,335 |
| Kosovo | - | 10 | 1:186,144 | 7,603 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 9 | 1:6,074 | 908 |
| Rwanda | - | 9 | 1:1,263,493 | 1,939 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 8 | 1:752,292 | 11,019 |
| South Korea | - | 8 | 1:693,053 | 14,847 |
| Guam | - | 7 | 1:22,949 | 2,164 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 7 | 1:4,314,556 | 60,709 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 6 | 1:2,209 | 418 |
| Estonia | 100% | 6 | 1:219,230 | 6,245 |
| Tanzania | 67% | 6 | 1:8,798,053 | 38,955 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 5 | 1:368,629 | 2,296 |
| Cook Islands | - | 5 | 1:3,631 | 547 |
| Italy | 69% | 5 | 1:12,212,418 | 34,417 |
| Liberia | 50% | 5 | 1:882,412 | 21,482 |
| Angola | - | 4 | 1:6,741,652 | 4,704 |
| Burkina Faso | 80% | 4 | 1:4,594,867 | 56,462 |
| Congo | 50% | 4 | 1:1,252,301 | 19,043 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 4 | 1:2,607,818 | 19,206 |
| DR Congo | 50% | 4 | 1:18,456,901 | 95,891 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 4 | 1:786 | 147 |
| Fiji | - | 4 | 1:223,094 | 2,508 |
| Mozambique | - | 4 | 1:6,810,839 | 3,114 |
| Panama | - | 4 | 1:976,639 | 21,104 |
| Poland | 100% | 4 | 1:9,506,778 | 5,827 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 4 | 1:1,457 | 226 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 50% | 4 | 1:27,895 | 3,010 |
| Spain | 100% | 4 | 1:11,632,491 | 19,317 |
| Austria | 100% | 3 | 1:2,838,067 | 11,255 |
| Cambodia | 100% | 3 | 1:5,424,443 | 41,412 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 3 | 1:1,589,316 | 14,648 |
| Czechia | 100% | 3 | 1:3,552,054 | 6,491 |
| Jersey | - | 3 | 1:33,327 | 1,495 |
| Montserrat | - | 3 | 1:1,625 | 276 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 3 | 1:7,923,227 | 99,341 |
| Vietnam | - | 3 | 1:30,874,371 | 5,995 |
| Afghanistan | - | 2 | 1:16,311,758 | 48,279 |
| Argentina | - | 2 | 1:21,386,622 | 29,627 |
| Chile | 100% | 2 | 1:8,803,604 | 33,591 |
| Haiti | - | 2 | 1:5,363,476 | 32,317 |
| Isle of Man | - | 2 | 1:42,512 | 455 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 2 | 1:8,873,422 | 35,327 |
| Lebanon | 50% | 2 | 1:2,813,786 | 13,895 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 2 | 1:282,024 | 3,520 |
| North Macedonia | - | 2 | 1:1,045,378 | 12,250 |
| Mauritius | - | 2 | 1:648,892 | 8,630 |
| Serbia | - | 2 | 1:3,572,860 | 8,125 |
| Slovakia | - | 2 | 1:2,655,032 | 6,915 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 2 | 1:290,478 | 6,813 |
| American Samoa | - | 1 | 1:55,845 | 3,376 |
| Armenia | - | 1 | 1:2,918,753 | 14,910 |
| Aruba | - | 1 | 1:103,780 | 2,838 |
| Bahrain | - | 1 | 1:1,348,673 | 7,854 |
| Bangladesh | - | 1 | 1:159,461,366 | 36,167 |
| Dominica | - | 1 | 1:75,471 | 1,341 |
| East Timor | - | 1 | 1:1,218,375 | 811 |
| Egypt | - | 1 | 1:91,900,946 | 53,283 |
| Finland | - | 1 | 1:5,483,183 | 25,487 |
| Georgia | - | 1 | 1:3,738,466 | 29,095 |
| Guatemala | - | 1 | 1:16,108,429 | 13,998 |
| Guinea-Bissau | - | 1 | 1:1,728,218 | 422 |
| Honduras | - | 1 | 1:8,817,467 | 33,018 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Israel | 50% | 1 | 1:8,402,918 | 45,019 |
| Kuwait | - | 1 | 1:3,785,264 | 15,388 |
| Laos | - | 1 | 1:6,586,856 | 1,888 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 1 | 1:2,039,997 | 47,971 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 1 | 1:37,856 | 1,091 |
| Madagascar | - | 1 | 1:23,629,408 | 6,628 |
| Maldives | - | 1 | 1:433,903 | 5,827 |
| Mali | 100% | 1 | 1:16,977,755 | 8,714 |
| Mauritania | - | 1 | 1:4,095,239 | 27,701 |
| Micronesia | - | 1 | 1:106,500 | 1,462 |
| Moldova | - | 1 | 1:3,561,139 | 8,690 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 1 | 1:634,576 | 4,914 |
| Nauru | 100% | 1 | 1:11,927 | 903 |
| Northern Cyprus | - | 1 | 1:318,133 | 3,044 |
| Palestine | 100% | 1 | 1:4,550,058 | 5,739 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 1 | 1:7,236,805 | 16,549 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 1 | 1:3,550,301 | 10,040 |
| Romania | - | 1 | 1:20,051,976 | 55,376 |
| Togo | - | 1 | 1:7,239,239 | 8,047 |
| Tonga | - | 1 | 1:107,436 | 779 |
| Tunisia | - | 1 | 1:676,902 | 12,933 |
| Uruguay | - | 1 | 1:3,427,637 | 13,958 |
The alternate forms: Dión (3) are calculated separately.
Dion (63,157) may also be a surname.
Dion Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A Greek name, meaning: Divine. A Syracusan famed in antiquity for his powers and abilities, and after death so mourned by his country that a monument was raised to him.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Dion Forename Popularity
Dion Demographics
Dion Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Sample size: 1 (1901)
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Phonetically Similar Names
Dion Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Dion in the Russian language | ||
| Дион | dion | - |
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