Gender:
Origin:
Hebrew
817 famous people named Ion found on Wikipedia.
235 male in US.
Most recent ranking:
7260-th in year 2018
Best ranking:
3741-th in year 1969
Used in: Basque, Mythology, Romanian, Spanish
Ion is a masculine given name. The name form in English corresponds to two different and unrelated names from different original languages.
The first name is the Greek,Ἴων, Iōn, after the mythical founder of the Ionians; the modern (demotic) Greek equivalent of the name is Ionas. The source of this is the Hebrew Yavan, alternatively transliterated as ι-o-ν (Yut Vav/digamma Nun), with each letter corresponding to its appropriate counterpart.
The second name is the Romanian Ion which is equivalent to the English name John and has the same etymology as "Jon", tracing back the Hebrew name Johanan; Ion can also be a surname in Romanian. Another variant is Ioan, the Romanian name for John the Baptist (Ioan Botezătorul). Common diminutives are Ionel and Ionuț. Its female form is Ioana. The surname Ionescu derives from Ion.
1834, introduced by English physicist and chemist Michael Faraday (suggested by the Rev. William Whewell, English polymath), coined from Greek ion, neuter present participle of ienai "go," from PIE root *ei- "to go." So called because ions move toward the electrode of opposite charge.
Form of John: God is gracious.
Popularity | Name | Birth Year | Description |
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1 | Ion Antonescu | 1882 | Prime minister and conducător of Romania during World War II |
2 | Ion Iliescu Bătrânul Bosorogul | 1930 | Romanian politician |
3 | Ion Țiriac | 1939 | Romanian tennis player |
4 | Ion Croitoru | 1965 | Canadian professional wrestler |
5 | Ion (DC Comics) | Fictional character, a DC Comics superhero | |
6 | Ion Mihai Pacepa | 1928 | Romanian general |
7 | Ion Luca Caragiale | 1852 | Romanian playwright, writer and poet |
8 | Ion Overman | 1976 | American actress |
9 | Ion Perdicaris | 1840 | American model |
10 | Ion Cuțelaba | 1993 | |
11 | Ion Dichiseanu | 1933 | Romanian actor |
12 | Ion Andoni Goikoetxea | 1965 | Spanish footballer |
13 | Ion Rîmaru | 1946 | Romanian serial killer |
14 | Ion Heliade Rădulescu | 1802 | Academic, Romantic and Classicist poet, essayist, memoirist, short story writer, newspaper editor and politician |
15 | Ion Oncescu | 1978 | Romanian arm wrestler |
16 | Sue Ion | 1955 | British engineer |
17 | Ion Gheorghe Maurer | 1902 | Romanian politician |
18 | Ion Stoica | 1965 | American computer scientist |
19 | Ion I. C. Brătianu | 1864 | Romanian politician |
20 | Ion Caramitru | 1942 | Romanian political and cultural personality |
21 | Ion Ivanovici | 1845 | Romanian military band leader and composer |
22 | Ion Idriess | 1889 | Australian historian |
23 | Ion Sturza | 1960 | Prime Minister of Moldova |
24 | Ion Ansotegi | 1982 | Spanish footballer |
25 | Jon Izagirre | 1989 | Road racing cyclist |
26 | Ion Besoiu | 1931 | Romanian actor |
27 | Ion Dragoumis | 1878 | Greek diplomat and philospoher |
28 | Ion Dumitru | 1950 | Romanian footballer |
29 | Ion C. Pena | 1911 | Romanian journalist, poet, novelist, and epigramist |
30 | Ion C. Brătianu | 1821 | Romanian politician |
31 | Ion Rațiu | 1917 | Romanian newspaper editor |
32 | Ion G. Duca | 1879 | Romanian politician |
33 | Ion Ghica | 1816 | Romanian politician |
34 | Ion Gigurtu | 1886 | Romanian politician |
35 | Ion Davidov | 1974 | Romanian pornographic actor |
36 | Ion Voicu | 1923 | Romani violinist |
37 | Marin Ion | 1955 | Footballer |
38 | Ion Timofte | 1967 | Footballer |
39 | Ion Vlădoiu | 1968 | Romanian footballer |
40 | Ion Moţa | 1902 | Romanian politician |
41 | Ion Mihalache | 1882 | Romanian politician |
42 | Ion Minulescu | 1881 | Romanian writer |
43 | Ion Andreescu | 1850 | Romanian painter |
44 | Ion Vinea | 1895 | Romanian writer |
45 | Ion of Chios | Ancient Greek writer | |
46 | Ion Theodorescu-Sion | 1882 | Romanian artist |
47 | Ion (Marvel Comics) | ||
48 | Ion Inculeț | 1884 | President of Moldova |
49 | Ion Buzdugan | 1887 | Moldovan politician |
50 | Ion Popescu-Gopo | 1923 | Cartoonist |
51 | Ion Lucian | 1924 | Romanian stage and film actor |
52 | Ion Agârbiceanu | 1882 | Romanian writer, journalist, politician, theologian and Greek-Catholic priest |
53 | Ion Nunweiller | 1936 | Footballer |
54 | Ion Neculce | 1672 | Moldavian chronicler |
55 | Ion Ionuț Luțu | 1975 | Footballer |
56 | Ion Luican | 1907 | |
57 | Ion Dragalina | 1860 | Romanian general |
58 | Ion Mincu | 1852 | Romanian architect |
59 | Ion Oargă Cloșca | 1747 | |
60 | Ion Onoriu | 1937 | |
61 | Ion Dolănescu | 1944 | Romanian singer and politician |
62 | Ion Oblemenco | 1945 | Footballer |
63 | Ion Keith-Falconer | 1856 | Scottish missionary, Arabic scholar and cyclist |
64 | Ion Gavrilă Ogoranu | 1923 | Romanian fascist |
65 | Ion Cojar | 1931 | The pioneer of the Romanian method acting school. |
66 | Ion Jardan | 1990 | Football player |
67 | Ion Negoiţescu | 1921 | Romanian writer and historian |
68 | Ion Nistor | 1876 | Romanian politician |
69 | Ion Lupusor | 1996 | |
70 | Ion Suruceanu | 1949 | Moldovan singer |
71 | Ion Jinga | 1961 | Romanian diplomat |
72 | Ion Paulică | 1983 | Romanian rugby union player |
73 | Ion Cristoiu | 1948 | Romanian journalist |
74 | Ion Vélez | 1985 | Spanish footballer |
75 | Ion Calvocoressi | 1919 | British army officer and stockbrocker |
76 | Barry Ion | 1941 | Australian footballer |
77 | Ion Pârcălab | 1941 | Footballer |
78 | Ion Hadârcă | 1949 | Moldovan and Romanian politician |
79 | Ion Pelivan | 1876 | Moldovan politician |
80 | Ion Echaide | 1988 | Spanish footballer |
81 | Ion Grigorescu | 1945 | Romanian artists |
82 | Ion Olteanu | 1957 | |
83 | Ion Druță | 1928 | Moldovan writer |
84 | Ion Emanuel Florescu | 1819 | Romanian politician and general |
85 | Ion Pillat | 1891 | Romanian writer |
86 | Ion Ionescu de la Brad | 1818 | Romanian academic |
87 | Ion Ungureanu | 1935 | Moldovan politician |
88 | Ion Geolgău | 1961 | Footballer |
89 | Ion Ionescu | 1938 | Romanian football player and manager |
90 | Ion Crăciunescu | 1950 | Romanian association football player and association football referee |
91 | Ion Moldovan | 1954 | Footballer |
92 | Ion Sancho | 1950 | American politician |
93 | Ion Göttlich | ||
94 | Ion Lazarevich Degen | 1925 | Soviet physician |
95 | Ion Călugăru | 1902 | Romanian writer |
96 | Ion Diaconescu | 1917 | Romanian politician |
97 | Ion de la Riva | 1959 | Spanish diplomat |
98 | Ion Irimescu | 1903 | Romanian sculptor |
99 | Ion D. Berindey | 1871 | Romanian architect (1871-1928) |
100 | Greg Ion | 1963 | Canadian soccer player |
101 | Ion Rițiu | 1950 | |
102 | Razvan Ion | 1970 | Theoretician, curator, cultural manager,political activist |
103 | Ion Farris | 1878 | American politician |
104 | Ion Grosu | 1962 | |
105 | Ion Alexe | 1946 | Boxer |
106 | Ion Testemiţanu | 1974 | Footballer |
107 | Ion Bazac | 1968 | Romanian politician |
108 | Ion Cristoreanu | 1925 | |
109 | Ion Butmalai | 1964 | Moldovan politician |
110 | Ion Sapdaru | 1961 | Romanian actor |
111 | Ion Vidu | 1863 | Romanian composer |
112 | Viorel Ion | 1967 | Romanian footballer |
113 | Ion Alecsandrescu | 1928 | Footballer |
114 | Ion Niculi | 1887 | Romanian politician |
115 | Ion N. Petrovici | 1929 | German neurologist |
116 | Ion Jalea | 1887 | Romanian sculptor |
117 | Ion Țuculescu | 1910 | Romanian painter |
118 | Ion Valentin Anestin | 1900 | Romanian artist and writer |
119 | Ion Trewin | 1943 | |
120 | Ion Bogdan | 1915 | Romanian footballer |
121 | Ion | 1984 | |
122 | Ion Caras | 1950 | Moldovan footballer and football manager |
123 | Ion Vianu | 1934 | Romanian writer |
124 | Ion Panait | 1981 | Olympic wrestler |
125 | Ion Dobran | 1919 | |
126 | Ion Hobana | 1931 | Romanian writer |
127 | Ion Miu | 1955 | Romanian cimbalom player |
128 | Ion Petrovici | 1882 | Romanian academic and politician |
129 | Ion Ferguson | 1913 | Irish soldier |
130 | Ion Clopoțel | 1892 | Romanian literary historian and literary critic |
131 | Ion Th. Simionescu | 1873 | Romanian geologist |
132 | Ion Panţuru | 1934 | Romanian bobsledder |
133 | Marie Jeanne Ion | 1972 | |
134 | Ion Drăgoi | 1928 | |
135 | Ion Coman | 1981 | Romanian footballer |
136 | Ion Vincze | 1910 | Romanian politician, diploamt and general |
137 | Ion Codreanu | 1879 | Moldovan politician |
138 | Ion Ciubuc | 1943 | Moldovan politician |
139 | Ion Stoian | 1927 | Romanian politician |
140 | Ion Gabella | 1968 | Spanish actor (1968-2002) |
141 | Ion Dincă | 1928 | Romanian general and politician |
142 | Ion Drîmbă | 1942 | Romanian fencer |
143 | Ion Petre Stoican | 1930 | Romanian fiddler |
144 | Ion Voinescu | 1929 | Footballer |
145 | Ion Neagu | 1951 | |
146 | Ion Ioanid | 1926 | Romanian dissident |
147 | Ion Cortright | 1889 | American football player and coach |
148 | Ion Adrian Zare | 1959 | Footballer |
149 | Ion Pop-Reteganul | 1853 | |
150 | Ion Cernea | 1936 | Olympic wrestler |
151 | Ion Bălăceanu | 1828 | Romanian politician |
152 | Ion Hortopan | 1925 | General |
153 | Ion Marin Sadoveanu | 1893 | Romanian writer |
154 | Ion Ustian | 1939 | Prime Minister of Moldova |
155 | Ion Luchianov | 1981 | Moldovian steeplechase runner |
156 | Ion Șt. Basgan | 1902 | |
157 | Ion Motroc | 1937 | Footballer |
158 | Ion Nonna Otescu | 1888 | Romanian composer |
159 | Corneliu Ion | 1951 | Sport shooter |
160 | Ion Draica | 1958 | Olympic wrestler |
161 | Ion Apostol | 1962 | Moldovan politician |
162 | Ion Terente | Romanian canoeist | |
163 | Ion Dic Dicescu | 1893 | Romanian communist, |
164 | Ion reactor | ||
165 | Ion Dumitrescu | 1925 | Sport shooter |
166 | Ion Monea | 1940 | Boxer |
167 | Ion Chiricuță | 1918 | |
168 | Ion Pistol | 1946 | |
169 | Ion Baciu | 1944 | Olympic wrestler |
170 | Ion Caraion | 1923 | Romanian poet and literary critic (1923-1986) |
171 | Ion Sân-Giorgiu | 1893 | Romanian writer |
172 | Ion Cebanu | 1984 | Moldovan politician |
173 | Ion Dezideriu Sîrbu | 1919 | Romanian philosopher and writer |
174 | Ion Păduraru | 1961 | |
175 | Ion Hamilton, 1st Baron HolmPatrick | 1839 | British politician |
176 | Ion Costaș | 1944 | Moldovan politician |
177 | Ion Vatamanu | 1937 | Moldovan politician |
178 | Ion Varta | 1958 | Moldovan politician |
179 | Patrick Ion | American mathematician | |
180 | Ion Ursu | 1994 | Moldovan footballer |
181 | Ion Morei | 1955 | Moldovan politician |
182 | Ion Cârja | 1922 | American activist |
183 | Ion Biberi | 1904 | Romanian prose writer, essayist and literary critic |
184 | Ion Al-Ioani | 1983 | Footballer |
185 | Ion Roată | 1806 | Moldavian politician |
186 | Mickey Ion | 1886 | Canadian lacrosse player |
187 | Ion Negrei | 1958 | Moldovan politician |
188 | Ion Demerji | 1989 | Moldovan footballer |
189 | Ion Teodorescu | 1976 | Romanian rugby union player |
190 | Ion Dosca | 1955 | |
191 | Ion Mitilineu | 1868 | Romanian politician |
192 | Ion Hamilton Benn | 1863 | British politician |
193 | Ion Iovcev | Moldovan journalist | |
194 | Ion Dacian | 1911 | Romanian opera singer |
195 | Ion Dumitriu | 1943 | |
196 | Ion I. Agârbiceanu | 1907 | |
197 | Ion Bîrlădeanu | 1958 | Romanian canoeist |
198 | Ion Siminie | 1930 | |
199 | Ion Bălan | 1962 | Moldovan politician |
200 | Ion Predescu | 1927 |