# Dione (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/dione/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | Greek |
| Meaning | “of jupiter”, “of zeus” |
| Pronunciation | /daɪˈoʊni/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Dionne |
| US babies named this | 2,946 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 573 / 2,373 (81% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 202, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Latin Diōnē (“of Jupiter”), from Ancient Greek Διώνη (Diṓnē, “of Zeus”).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 5 | 16,467 |
| 2004 | 6 | 14,655 |
| 2005 | 6 | 15,007 |
| 2006 | 5 | 17,888 |
| 2007 | 6 | 16,050 |
| 2008 | 9 | 11,865 |
| 2009 | 6 | 15,779 |
| 2012 | 8 | 12,541 |
| 2014 | 5 | 17,259 |
| 2015 | 6 | 14,999 |
| 2017 | 12 | 8,936 |
| 2018 | 7 | 12,843 |
| 2021 | 5 | 15,878 |
| 2022 | 9 | 10,597 |
| 2023 | 7 | 12,478 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 5 | 11,826 |
| 2005 | 7 | 9,381 |
| 2006 | 11 | 7,045 |
| 2007 | 5 | 12,850 |
| 2008 | 8 | 9,206 |
| 2009 | 8 | 9,204 |
| 2010 | 6 | 11,105 |
| 2011 | 8 | 8,964 |
| 2012 | 7 | 9,986 |
| 2013 | 9 | 8,284 |
| 2016 | 6 | 11,083 |
| 2017 | 5 | 12,777 |
| 2019 | 8 | 9,092 |
| 2020 | 6 | 10,961 |
| 2025 | 6 | 11,003 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 23 | 930 |
| 2001 | 38 | 671 |
| 2002 | 22 | 998 |
| 2003 | 17 | 1,269 |
| 2004 | 7 | 2,530 |
| 2005 | 3 | 4,798 |
| 2006 | 7 | 2,781 |
| 2007 | 7 | 2,895 |
| 2008 | 7 | 3,005 |
| 2009 | 3 | 5,556 |
| 2012 | 3 | 5,876 |
| 2014 | 3 | 5,691 |
| 2019 | 4 | 4,686 |
| 2022 | 5 | 3,970 |
| 2023 | 3 | 5,687 |

## In other languages

- Russian: Дио́на

## People named Dione

- Dione Housheer, Dutch handball player
- Dee Dee Sharp, American R&B singer

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.