Sion (name)
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 given name John, pronounced in English identically to the Irish name Seán. It is NOT pronounced identically to Sean. It sounds more like Joan, but with an S instead of a J.
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 (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
- Siôn Dougherty (born 1992), Welsh-English to Australian Immigrant
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
- Maurice Sion (1927–2018), American-Canadian mathematician, known for Sion's minimax theorem
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
The dictionary definition of Siôn at Wiktionary- The dictionary definition of Sion at Wiktionary
- Sean (name)
- John (name)
- Shion, a name
- Shôn, given name
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