Given name
Dionna
“of the sacred spring”
Dionna is a variant of Dionne. One English interpretation is “of the sacred spring.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Dionna 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 1951. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Dionna through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 3,780
- 5 boys · 3,775 girls
- Most popular year
- 1994
- 163 babies
- 2025
- 8
- #11,188 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −53%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 8 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 11,188 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 163 in 1994. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,109 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.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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