Sion is a name used in Wales and in other nations.
Welsh name
Siôn (Welsh pronunciation: [ʃoːn]) or Sion is a Welsh form of the Anglo-Norman Jean,[1] pronounced in English similarly to the Irish name Seán.
Notable people with the Welsh name include:
People with the surname
- Eleri Siôn (born 1971), Welsh radio and television presenter
- Llywelyn Siôn (1540–c. 1615), Welsh-language poet
- Sawnder Sion (16th century), Welsh poet
People with the given name
- Siôn ap Hywel (fl. c. 1490–1532), Welsh-language poet
- Sion Bebb (born 1968), Welsh golfer
- Sion Blythe (1781–1835), American pastor
- Sion Record Bostick (1819–1902), American soldier
- Siôn Bradford (1706–1785), Welsh-language poet
- Sion Brinn (born 1973), Jamaican swimmer and coach
- Siôn Cent (c. 1400–1435/40), Welsh-language poet
- Siôn Ceri (fl. early 16th century), Welsh-language poet
- Sion Jones (cyclist) (born 1979), Welsh cyclist
- Sion Russell Jones (born 1986), Welsh singer and songwriter
- Sion Morris (born 1977), Welsh cricketer
- Siôn Phylip (1543–1620), Welsh-language poet
- Sion Hart Rogers (1825–1874), American politician from North Carolina
- Siôn Simon (born 1968), British politician from Birmingham Erdington
- Sion Spence (born 2000), Welsh footballer
- Siôn Treredyn or John Edwards (c. 1605–1656), Welsh priest and translator
- Siôn Tudur or John Tudur (c. 1522–1602), Welsh-language poet
Fictional and mythical characters
- Siôn Corn, Welsh name of Father Christmas
- Twm Siôn Cati or Welsh Wizard, Welsh figure in folklore
Other versions of Sion
People with the name "Sion" other than the Welsh name include:
People with the given name
- Sion Sono (born 1961), Japanese filmmaker and poet
People with the surname
- Constantin Sion, Moldavian chronicler
- Gheorghe Sion, Moldavian and Romanian poet and playwright
- Ioan Sion, Romanian general
- Maurice Sion (1927–2018), American-Canadian mathematician, known for Sion's minimax theorem
- Ion Theodorescu-Sion, Romanian painter
Fictional characters
- Sion Eltnam Atlasia, a character in the dōjin soft fighter series Melty Blood
- Darth Sion, a character in the video game Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords
- Sion, the Undead Juggernaut, a playable champion character in the video game League of Legends
- Sion Todo, a character in the Japanese anime and arcade game PriPara
See also
- Sean (name)
- John (name)
- Shion, a name
- Shôn, given name
References
- ↑ Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006-01-01), "Siôn", A Dictionary of First Names, Oxford University Press, doi:10.1093/acref/9780198610601.001.0001/acref-9780198610601-e-7745?rskey=9a9eq4&result=6701, ISBN 978-0-19-861060-1, retrieved 2023-12-09
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