Ionie
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- eye-OH-nee
- Origin
- Greek
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,276 for girls
Ionie is a girls' name of Greek origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies).
Where does Ionie come from?
Greek: probably a form of Ione, from Greek ion 'violet'
Is Ionie a girl's or a boy's name?
Ionie is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ionie in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,276among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Ionie, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,110th. Its busiest year was 1998, with 6 girls.
2025 had more girls named Ionie than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Ionie in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 16 girls in the UK were given Ionie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,607, up from #4,276 for this spelling alone.
- Ione 11
- Ionie 5
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.
Ionie in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 5 | #4,110 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 5 | #4,390 |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,715 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 5 | #3,047 |
| 2001 | 4 | #3,427 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 4 | #3,374 |
| 1998 | 6 | #2,535 |
Names like Ionie
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Maisie Phoebe Elodie Maggie Elsie Ottilie Isabelle Effie Dottie Callie Sophia Lottie
Other spellings of Ionie
More Greek names
Luca Theodore George Theo Lucas Sofia Alexander Sebastian Penelope Margot Luke Chloe Sophie Zoe Iris Lainey
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Ionie: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ionie, updated 20 October 2026.