Given name
Ione
“resembling the violet flower”
Ione is used as a given name. One Greek interpretation is “resembling the violet flower.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Greek interpretation is “resembling the violet flower.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Greek.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Ione is a variant of Ion. The history of Ion gives this family its wider story. In mythological stories, Ion is associated with the son of Apollo.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Ione through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 10,004
- 0 boys · 10,004 girls
- Most popular year
- 1920
- 367 babies
- 2025
- 15
- #7,265 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −44%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 15 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 7,265 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 367 in 1920. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,498 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.
Ione’s family of names
Ione has an affectionate form in Nonie. In English usage, Ione has a related form in Joan. Ione has a related form in Ion.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 8
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Ione
- Ione SkyeBritish-born American actressborn 1970
- Ione BelarraSpanish politicianborn 1987
- Ione CabreraSpanish footballerborn 1985
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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