Given name & surname
Diona
“of the sacred spring”
Diona is a variant of Dionne. One English interpretation is “of the sacred spring.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Diona is a variant of Dionne. One English interpretation is “of the sacred spring.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1942. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Diona through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,509
- 0 boys · 1,509 girls
- Most popular year
- 1994
- 55 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −81%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2021. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 55 in 1994. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,248 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Diona’s family of names
Diona has a related form in Dionne. In Greek usage, Diona as a surname is a transliteration of Διόνα.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Diona
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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