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
Along the way
  1. 1909
    Dione Lucas born
    British chef
  2. 1929
    First appearance
    #4,570 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1970
    Peak, #840
    161 babies named Dione — more than any year before or since.
  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 it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
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.