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Dione - Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Dione

[ 2 syll. dio-ne, di-one ] The boy name Dione is also used as a girl name, with the latter form being much more common. Its pronunciation is DIYaaN †. Dione is largely used in the French language and its origin is Old Greek. Dione is a variant of the name Dennis (Dutch, English, French, and German).

Dione is an infrequently used baby name for boys. It is not listed in the top 1000 names. In 2008, out of the group of boy names directly linked to Dione, Dennis was the most widely used. In the past century Dione has predominantly been a girl name.

Baby names that sound like Dione include Deon (English and Greek), Daemon (English), Daimen (English), Daimon, Daithin (Irish), Daman (Irish and English), Damen (English), Damie, Damin, Damjan (Hungarian and Slavic), Damon (English), Damone, Damyan (Russian), Damyon, Dana (English, Scandinavian, and Hebrew), Dani (Hungarian, Slovenian, and Spanish), Dannie (English), Danny (English and Hebrew), Dano (Czech), and Dany (German).

 



† English pronunciation for Dione: D as in "dee (D.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"


 
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