Boy
Dion
The name Dion carries the meaning "Greek, follower of Dionysus", with roots in Greek. It is not as common as it was in the 1970s, though it has not disappeared. Today, it is on the rarer side without being unusual in the registry. It has appeared in U.S. birth records in nearly every decade since 1900, a genuinely long run.
EtymologyShort for Dionysus/Dennis
GreekGreek – "follower of Dionysus"
Births by decade
1900s
0
1910s
0
1920s
6
1930s
180
1940s
217
1950s
651
1960s
3,490
1970s
4,478
1980s
2,773
1990s
3,356
2000s
2,081
2010s
1,322
Peaked in the 1970s · 18,554 total U.S. births since 1900