Ione
Meaning
from Greek ion, violet flower; borne by a sea nymph in Greek myth, used in English since the 1800s.
Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Ione peaked in the 1890s and the 1930s in nearly equal measure.
Popularity in Brazil
26,844 people · the #885 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 7,576 · median age 54
Among people named Ione living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1960s than in any other decade.
The census also counted 28 born between 2020 and August 2022, too recent a span to chart.
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
The Ione deep dive
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