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Dionicio

Gender
Boy
Say it
dee-oh-NEE-see-oh
Origin
Greek
US rank, 2025
#6,442 for boys

Dionicio is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “of Dionysus”. In 2025 it ranked 6,442nd for boys in the US (13 babies).

What does Dionicio mean?

Greek: Latin American spelling of Dionisio, the Spanish form of Dionysius

“of Dionysus”

Saint Dionysius the Areopagite was converted by Paul in Athens, according to the Book of Acts.

Is Dionicio a girl's or a boy's name?

Dionicio is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Dionicio in the US?

Rank in 2025
#6,442among boys
Babies in 2025
13about 1 in 130,000 boys
Five-year trend
Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 13 boys in the US were named Dionicio, making it the 6,442nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,976th. Its busiest year was 1976, with 33 boys. It first appears in the records in 1882.

Half of all the boys named Dionicio in the US since 1880 were born between 1945 and 1997, the years shaded on the chart below.

1882Busiest: 33 in 19762025
Dionicio in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
202513#6,442
20248#8,982
202314#6,215
202218#5,211
20219#8,161
202014#5,976
201914#6,099
201814#6,032
201710#7,542
201616#5,551
201515#5,742
201419#4,862
201320#4,619
201213#6,300
201121#4,507
201014#6,032
200916#5,551
200823#4,264
200724#4,125
200620#4,516
200515#5,273
200425#3,632
200323#3,727
200233#2,813
200123#3,612
200028#3,069
199925#3,178
199825#3,089
199723#3,155
199620#3,400
199529#2,551
199425#2,842
199327#2,635
199228#2,527
199124#2,747
199025#2,623
198924#2,609
198814#3,518
198721#2,555
198621#2,508
198523#2,292
198424#2,158
198315#2,911
198229#1,889
198128#1,941
198018#2,616
197929#1,867
197823#2,068
197717#2,555
197633#1,607
197526#1,834
197428#1,692
197319#2,122
197216#2,323
197119#2,125
197016#2,292
196925#1,641
196820#1,787
196713#2,241
196619#1,756
196513#2,269
196419#1,849
196312#2,413
196226#1,545
196114#2,241
196015#2,120
195915#2,110
195824#1,592
19579#2,820
195628#1,479
195515#2,047
195414#2,113
19539#2,708
195215#2,009
195118#1,773
195022#1,571
194913#2,122
194817#1,816
194719#1,732
194615#1,883
194516#1,696
194422#1,437
194312#2,181
194216#1,799
194110#2,333
194017#1,680
193913#1,958
193811#2,185
193716#1,756
193612#2,062
193521#1,494
193419#1,608
193318#1,644
193211#2,313
193116#1,843
193025#1,463
192917#1,848
192819#1,760
192712#2,408
192614#2,186
192519#1,805
192422#1,675
192321#1,695
19228#3,250
192116#2,058
192012#2,458
191911#2,510
19188#3,095
19175#3,979
19168#2,925
191513#2,069
191411#1,974
19136#2,495
19125#2,543
19115#1,739
19105#1,588
19096#1,277
19086#1,216
19070–
19060–
19050–
19045#1,204
19035#1,129
19020–
19010–
19000–
18990–
18980–
18970–
18960–
18950–
18940–
18930–
18920–
18910–
18900–
18890–
18885#1,030
18875#921
18860–
18850–
18840–
18830–
18825#942

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Sources

Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Dionicio: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/dionicio, updated 20 October 2026.