Dion

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Δίων (Díōn). Also a medieval English and French diminutive of Dionysius (Dennis).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdiːɒn/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈdiːɑn/

Dion (plural Dions)

1. A male given name from Ancient Greek.
2. A surname from French.

• dino, noid, indo, doin', Indo, DINO, Odin, doin, Dino, Noid, doni, dino-, do in, Indo-, nido-, nodi, NOID

From English Dion, borrowed from Ancient Greek Δίων (Díōn). Also from English Dione, from Latin Dionē (“mother of Venus”), from Ancient Greek Διώνη (Diṓnē, “mother of Aphrodite”). The male and female names are often confused. Also a clipping of Dionisio.

Dion

1. a male given name from Ancient Greek
2. a female given name from Ancient Greek

Dion

1. accusative of Dio

Dion m

1. a male given name

• son of Dion: Dionsson
• daughter of Dion: Dionsdóttir

	Singular
	Indefinite
Nominative	Dion
Accusative	Dion
Dative	Dioni
Genitive	Dions

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Dion ?

1. a surname

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈdi.oːn/, [ˈd̪ioːn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈdi.on/, [ˈd̪iːon]

Diōn m sg (genitive Diōnis); third declension

1. Alternative form of Diō

Third-declension noun, singular only.

• “Dĭōn”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934) “1 Dĭōn”, in Dictionnaire illustré latin-français [Illustrated Latin-French Dictionary] (in French), Hachette: “531/2”
• “Diō(n)” on page 546/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈdiː.on/, [ˈd̪iːɔn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈdi.on/, [ˈd̪iːon]

Dīon n sg (genitive Dīī); second declension

1. Alternative form of Dīum

Second-declension noun (neuter, Greek-type), with locative, singular only.

• “Dion”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934) “2 Dĭŏn”, in Dictionnaire illustré latin-français [Illustrated Latin-French Dictionary] (in French), Hachette: “531/2”

Borrowed from French Dion.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdjon/ [ˈd̪jõn]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: Dion

Dion m or f by sense

1. a surname from French