Dionysios
The name Dionysius was common in classical and post-classical times. Etymologically it is a nominalized adjective formed with a -ios suffix from the stem Dionys- of the name of the Greek god, Dionysus, parallel to Apollon-ios from Apollon, with meanings of Dionysos' and Apollo's, etc. The exact beliefs attendant on the original assignment of such names remain unknown.
- Greek
- Ancient Greek
Meaning & Origin of Dionysios
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
The name Dionysius was common in classical and post-classical times. Etymologically it is a nominalized adjective formed with a -ios suffix from the stem Dionys- of the name of the Greek god, Dionysus, parallel to Apollon-ios from Apollon, with meanings of Dionysos' and Apollo's, etc. The exact beliefs attendant on the original assignment of such names remain unknown.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Greek
- Ancient Greek
The Story of Dionysios
Dionysios first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1972, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2003: 9 births, good for #7,245 nationwide. About 39% of every Dionysios on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Dionysios last appeared in the published SSA data in 2022, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 64 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Dionysios
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About the name Dionysios
Dionysios is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1972 and has accumulated 64 births in the dataset. Dionysios's peak popularity came in 2003 when it ranked #7,245. Use the chart and map above to compare Dionysios'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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