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Girl · Greek
Ione
Say it: eye-OH-nee
Meaning
Uncertain. Often connected with Greek ion 'violet', but this is not established.
Uncertainseveral explanations, none settled.
Taken up in 19th-century England from classical sources; rare today.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1900s
In the United States
- 9,946 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1908, about 1 in 2,900 girls
- 20 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
| Greek | Ioni |
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Where this comes from
- Ancient Greek literature and history (Homer, Herodotus, Plutarch and others)
- Well-known works of literature
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.
Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.