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.
Ion (mythology)
Ion of Chios (c. 490/480-c. 420 BC), Greek writer, dramatist, lyric poet and philosopher
Ion, a professional rhapsode of the platonic dialogue of the same name
Ion Dragoumis (1878–1920), Greek diplomat, philosopher, writer and revolutionary
Ion Perdicaris (1840–1925), Greek-American playboy who was the centre of a notable kidnapping known as the Perdicaris incident
Ion Agârbiceanu (1882-1963), Romanian writer and priest
Ion Andreescu
Ion Antonescu (1882-1946), Romanian soldier, authoritarian politician, and convicted war criminal
Ion Barbu (disambiguation)
Ion C. Brătianu (1821-1891), Romanian statesman
Ion I. C. Brătianu
Ion Călugăru (1902-1956), Romanian novelist, short story writer, journalist and critic
Ion Luca Caragiale (1852-1912), Wallachian-born Romanian playwright, short story writer, poet, theater manager, political commentator and journalist
Ion Caramitru
Ion Creangă (1837 or 1839-1889), Moldavian, later Romanian writer, raconteur and schoolteacher
Ion Dolănescu
Ion Dragalina
Ion G. Duca (1879-1933), assassinated Prime Minister of Romania
Ion Farris
Ion Emanuel Florescu
Ion Ghica (1816-1897), Romanian revolutionary, mathematician, diplomat and politician, five-time Prime Minister of Romania
Ion Gigurtu
Ion Hamilton, 1st Baron HolmPatrick (1839-1898), Anglo-Irish Member of Parliament
Ion Llewellyn Idriess (1890-1979), a prolific and influential Australian author
Ion Iliescu (born 1930), twice President of Romania
Ion Inculeț (1884-1940), Bessarabian politician and President of the Moldavian Democratic Republic
Ion Ionescu de la Brad
I. C. Massim
Ion Gheorghe Maurer (1902-2000), Romanian communist politician and lawyer
Ion Mihalache (1882–1963), Romanian agrarian politician
Ion Mincu
Ion Minulescu (1881–1944), Romanian avant-garde poet, writer, journalist, literary critic and playwright
Ion Miu
Ion Moța
Ion Negoițescu (1921-1993), Romanian literary historian, critic, poet, novelist and memoirist
Ion Nistor
Ion Mihai Pacepa
Ion Heliade Rădulescu (1802-1872), Wallachian, later Romanian academic, Romantic and Classicist poet, writer, newspaper editor and politician
Ion A. Rădulescu-Pogoneanu
Ion Roată
Ion Sân-Giorgiu
Ion Șiugariu
Ion Tănăsescu (chemist) (1892-1959)
Ion Tănăsescu (surgeon) (1875-1954)
Ion Ţiriac (born 1939), Romanian businessman and former tennis player
Ion Țuculescu
Ion M. Elford (1987-)
Barry Ion (born 1941), Australian rules footballer and radio personality
Corneliu Ion (born 1951), Romanian sports shooter and 1980 Olympic champion
Patrick Ion (born 1942,) American mathematician
Sue Ion (born 1955,)British engineer, advisor on the nuclear power industry
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