Given name
Dionysia
“a gift from Dionysus, god of wine”
Dionysia is used as a given name. One Greek interpretation is “a gift from Dionysus, god of wine.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Greek interpretation is “a gift from Dionysus, god of wine.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Greek.
How it developed
In Latin usage, Dionysia is a feminine form of Dionysius.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1925. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Dionysia through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 43
- 0 boys · 43 girls
- Most popular year
- 1975
- 6 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2019. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 193 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.
Dionysia’s family of names
Dionysia has an affectionate form in Dwight. In English usage, Dionysia shares an earlier linguistic root with Denise. Dionysia has a related form in Dionis.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Dionysia has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
3 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 9
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Dwightpet form · English
- Dionisvariant
- Dionyssialikely variant
- Dionyziavariant
- Dionyzavariant
- Dionysievariant
- Dionysavariant
- Dionisavariant
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Across languages 6
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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