Given name & surname · also Latin
Dione
“of the sacred spring”
In English use, Dione has a related form in Dionne. One English interpretation is “of the sacred spring.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Dione has a related form in Dionne. One English interpretation is “of the sacred spring.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Dione comes from Latin, and ultimately from Ancient Greek.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In English usage, Dione developed from Διώνη.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1929. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Dione through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,946
- 573 boys · 2,373 girls
- Most popular year
- 1970
- 182 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #11,003 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −39%
- Cooling
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 44% boys.
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 11,003 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,638 as a first name in 2020; 198 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Dione’s family of names
In English usage, Dione shares a linguistic root with Diana. In English usage, Dione has a related form in Dionne. In English usage, Dione has a later derivative in Dion.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Dione
- Dione HousheerDutch handball playerborn 1999
- BateriaBrazilian futsal playerborn 1990
- Dione LucasBritish chef (1909–1971)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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