Given name & surname
Gion
“resembling the bird of peace”
Gion is a variant of Giona. One Italian interpretation is “resembling the bird of peace.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Gion is a variant of Giona. One Italian interpretation is “resembling the bird of peace.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2008. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Gion through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 49
- 49 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 12 babies
- 2025
- 12
- #6,933 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +100%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 12 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 6,933 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 273 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.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
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 Gion
- Gion Antoni BühlerSwiss writer1825–1897
- Gion NankaiJapanese painter (1676-1751)
- Gion Antoni Calvenzano
- Gion A. CaminadaSwiss architectborn 1957
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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