Eion

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 12 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
12
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Eion by the numbers

Eion was given to 12 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 32 babies in 2000, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Eion

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Eion. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Elonoak tree; from Hebrew elon195 in the US (2017)
  • Eondawn or age of time15 in the US (2017)
  • Erona form of Eron or Aaron; mountain of strength9 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Eilonoak tree7 in the US (2017)
  • Eineye or spring of water5 in the US (2017)
  • Eian56 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Eion

Names that are said the same way as Eion, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Eoinborn of the yew tree; irish form of John24 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Ehaandawn or morning13 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Eyan39 in the US (2017)
  • Ehan22 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Eion

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