Sion is a name used in Wales and in other nations.
Welsh name
Siôn () or Sion is a Welsh form of the English given name
John, pronounced in English similarly to the Irish name
Seán.
Notable people with the Welsh name include:
People with the surname
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Eleri Siôn (born 1971), Welsh radio and television presenter
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Llywelyn Siôn (1540–c. 1615), Welsh-language poet
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Sawnder Sion
Sawnder Sion was a Welsh poet of the 16th century. He was known as the "Lion of Llantarnam" and was affiliated with Llantarnam Abbey, although he lived in Llangovan, near Raglan.
He is buried beneath the choir in St Michael's Church, Llantarnam. ...
(16th century), Welsh poet
People with the given name
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Siôn ap Hywel (fl. c. 1490–1532), Welsh-language poet
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Sion Bebb
Sion Emrys Bebb (born 3 October 1968) is a Welsh professional golfer.
Bebb was born in Church Village, Mid Glamorgan, and is the son of former Welsh international rugby player Dewi Bebb. He turned professional in 1986 and worked for many years a ...
(born 1968), Welsh golfer
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Sion Blythe (1781–1835), American pastor
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Sion Record Bostick (1819–1902), American soldier
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Siôn Bradford (1706–1785), Welsh-language poet
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Sion Brinn (born 1973), Jamaican swimmer and coach
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Siôn Cent (c. 1400–1435/40), Welsh-language poet
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Siôn Ceri (fl. early 16th century), Welsh-language poet
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Sion Jones
Sion Jones (born 1979 in Denbigh) is a Wales, Welsh racing cyclist. He represented Wales at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur. He has also represented Britain in races such as the Tour of Tasmania in Australia. He has been a multiple ...
(born 1979), Welsh cyclist
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Sion Russell Jones (born 1986), Welsh singer and songwriter
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Sion Morris
Sion Elgan Morris (born 6 September 1977) is a Welsh cricketer. Morris is a left-handed batsman. He was born in St Asaph, Denbighshire.
Morris made his Minor Counties Championship debut for Wales Minor Counties in 1998 against Cornwall. From ...
(born 1977), Welsh cricketer
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Siôn Phylip (1543–1620), Welsh-language poet
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Sion Hart Rogers (1825–1874), American politician from North Carolina
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Siôn Simon (born 1968), British politician from Birmingham Erdington
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Sion Spence (born 2000), Welsh footballer
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Siôn Treredyn or John Edwards (c. 1605–1656), Welsh priest and translator
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Siôn Tudur or John Tudur (c. 1522–1602), Welsh-language poet
Fictional and mythical characters
*Siôn Corn, Welsh name of
Father Christmas
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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
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Sion Sono (born 1961), Japanese filmmaker and poet
People with the surname
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Constantin Sion
Constantin Sion, also known as Costandin or Cothi Sion (September 18, 1795 – February 27, 1862), was a Moldavian political conspirator, genealogist, and polemicist. He was born into the lower ranks of the boyar aristocracy, and, though his broth ...
, Moldavian chronicler
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Gheorghe Sion
Gheorghe Sion (May 22, 1822 – October 1, 1892) was a Moldavian, later Romanian poet, playwright, translator and memoirist.
He was born in Mamornița to '' paharnic'' (royal cup-bearer) Ioniță Sion and his wife Eufrosina (''née'' Schina), ...
, Moldavian and Romanian poet and playwright
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Ioan Sion
Alecu Ioan Sion (September 28, 1890 – November 24, 1942) was a Romanian soldier and a major general in the Land Forces.
Born in Pitești, he attended the military high school from Iași and then studied at the military school for artiller ...
, Romanian general
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Maurice Sion (1927–2018), American-Canadian mathematician, known for
Sion's minimax theorem
In mathematics, and in particular game theory, Sion's minimax theorem is a generalization of John von Neumann's minimax theorem, named after Maurice Sion.
It states:
Let X be a compact convex subset of a linear topological space and Y a convex su ...
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Ion Theodorescu-Sion
Ion Theodorescu-Sion (; also known as Ioan Theodorescu-Sion or Teodorescu-Sion; January 2, 1882 – March 31, 1939) was a Romanian painter and draftsman, known for his contributions to modern art and especially for his traditionalist, primitivist, ...
, Romanian painter
Fictional characters
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Sion Eltnam Atlasia, a character in the dōjin soft fighter series ''Melty Blood''
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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
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Sean (name)
Sean, also spelled Seán or Séan in Irish English, is a male given name of Irish origin. It comes from the Irish versions of the Biblical Hebrew name ''Yohanan'' (), Seán ( anglicized as '' Shaun/Shawn/ Shon'') and Séan (Ulster variant; angli ...
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John (name)
John (; ') is a common male given name in the English language of Hebrew origin. The name is the English form of ''Iohannes'' and ''Ioannes'', which are the Latin forms of the Greek name Ioannis (Ιωάννης), originally borne by Hellenize ...
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Shion, a name
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Shôn Shon or Shôn is a given name. Notable people with the name include:
*Shon Boublil, Canadian guitaristShon Jimenez , American football player
* Shon Coleman (born 1991), American football player
*Shôn Dale-Jones, writer and performer
*Shon Faye, B ...
, given name
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Welsh masculine given names
Romanian-language surnames