73%RatingSave Gender Masculine Usage Ancient Greek [1], English Scripts Δίων(Ancient Greek) Pronounced Pron. /ˈdi.ɑn/(English) [key·simplify] Meaning & HistoryExpand Links Derived from the Greek element Διός (Dios) meaning "of Zeus". This was the name of a 4th-century BC tyrant of Syracuse. It has been used as an American given name since the middle of the 20th century. Related NamesFamily Tree·Details VariantDeon(English) Feminine FormsDione, Dionne, Deonne(English) Other Languages & CulturesDeion, Deon(African American) PopularityDetails Last ranked #430 in 2022 (m) #929 in 2004 (f) England and Wales Last ranked #318 in 2023 Netherlands Last ranked #99 in 1995 New Zealand Last ranked #905 in 2022 United States People think this name isRate·Details upper class strong strange simple Name DaysName Days? Denmark: July 6 Categories Elder Scrolls characters, Eurovision 2023, isograms, Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest, Shakespearean characters, short forms, Squishmallows, theophoric names Sources & References Lexicon of Greek Personal Names, available from https://search.lgpn.ox.ac.uk/browse.html?facet-nymRef=Δίων.