Given name
Eion
“God is gracious”
Eion is a variant of Ean. In Gaelic use, Ean carries the interpretation “God is gracious.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Eion is a variant of Ean. In Gaelic use, Ean carries the interpretation “God is gracious.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1981. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Eion through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 536
- 536 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2000
- 32 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #11,039 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +40%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 11,039 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 488 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 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Eion
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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