Dionysius
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.
- Ancient Greek
- Biblical
Meaning & Origin of Dionysius
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)
- Ancient Greek
- Biblical
The Story of Dionysius
Dionysius first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1971, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2002: 7 births, good for #8,454 nationwide. About 44% of every Dionysius on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Dionysius last appeared in the published SSA data in 2002, with 7 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 27 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Dionysius
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Dionysius. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Dionysius
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- Dionysus
- Dionysia
- Dionysian
- Dionysis
- Dionisio
- Dionysos
- Dionysiac
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- Dinosaurus
- Diathesis
- Deinonychus
- Damascus
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About the name Dionysius
Dionysius is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1971 and has accumulated 27 births in the dataset. Dionysius's peak popularity came in 2002 when it ranked #8,454. Use the chart and map above to compare Dionysius'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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