Given name & surname
Dionne
“of the sacred spring”
Dionne is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “of the sacred spring.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “of the sacred spring.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
How it developed
In English use, Dionne is used as a feminine counterpart of Dion.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1931. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Dionne through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 10,305
- 445 boys · 9,860 girls
- Most popular year
- 1970
- 850 babies
- 2025
- 21
- #6,913 for girls · #12,520 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +12%
- Rising
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 12% boys.
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 16 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 6,913 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 19.0% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 835 in 1970. It also appeared in 5 birth records for boys in 2025. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (5). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 9,523 as a first name in 2020; 6,408 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.
Dionne’s family of names
Dionne is a feminine form of Dion. Dionne has a related form in Deon. Dionne has a related form in Dion.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 13
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Dionvariant
- Deonvariant
- Deonnavariant
- Dionnavariant
- Deonavariant
- Dionevariant · English
- Deondravariant
- Dionisvariant
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Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Dionne
- Dionne BromfieldBritish singerborn 1996
- Dionne FarrisAmerican R&B singerborn 1968
- Dionne BrandCanadian writer, poetborn 1953
- Dionne BunshaIndian journalistborn 1901
- Dionne Quanformer American voice actressborn 1978
- Dionne Rose-HenleyJamaican hurdler (1969-2018)
- Dionne StaxDutch presenter and former news readerborn 1985
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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