Given name & surname
Erion
“our wind”
Erion is a masculine given name. It is used in Albanian.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Erion is a form of Erjon. Erjon goes back to a word meaning “our wind.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1975. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Erion through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 712
- 599 boys · 113 girls
- Most popular year
- 2008
- 40 babies
- 2025
- 9
- #8,454 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −21%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 9 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 8,454 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 20.6% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 32 in 2008. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 758 as a first name in 2020; 476 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.
Erion’s family of names
Erion has a related form in ERJON. Erion has a related form in ERJON. Erion has a related form in Elion.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Erion
- Erion VeliajAlbanian politicianborn 1979
- Erion XhafaAlbanian footballerborn 1982
- Erion HoxhallariAlbanian footballerborn 1995
- Erion Braçepoliticianborn 1972
- Erjon DushkuAlbanian footballerborn 1985
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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