Dionne
Dionne is both a modern feminine given name and a French Canadian surname. People with the name include:
- English
Meaning & Origin of Dionne
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Dionne is both a modern feminine given name and a French Canadian surname. People with the name include:
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Dionne
The earliest SSA record of Dionne as a baby girl name dates back to 1931, when 5 babies received it. 1970 was its biggest year on record, with 835 newborns named Dionne — #321 in the national rankings. About 42% of every Dionne on record arrived during the 1970s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Dionne ranks #7,069 for baby girls with 15 births, holding steady (-1%). All told, over 10K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1930s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Dionne
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Dionne. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Dionne
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About the name Dionne
Dionne is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1931 and has accumulated 10K births in the dataset. Dionne's peak popularity came in 1970 when it ranked #321. Use the chart and map above to compare Dionne's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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