Dione

Where Dione comes from

From Latin Diōnē (“of Jupiter”), from Ancient Greek Διώνη (Diṓnē, “of Zeus”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Dione
  • Ancient Greek
  • 3 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Dione through the years
  1. 1909
    Dione Lucas born
    British chef
  2. 1929
    First appearance
    #4,570 among girls with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1970
    Peak, #840
    161 babies named Dione, the most in any year.
  4. 1975
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #1,350.
  5. 1999
    Dione Housheer born
    Dutch handball player
  6. 2025
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name. From this year on, more boys have.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Ancient Greek.
Namesakes
  • Dione Housheer · Dutch handball player, born 1999
  • Dione Lucas · British chef, 1909–1971
  • Dione de Graaff · Dutch sports presenter and reporter, born 1969
  • Dione Taylor · Canadian singer, born 1975
  • Dione Voskamp · Dutch speed skater, born 1997

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.