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Dion: Origin, Geographical Distribution
(Gaelic and Celtic.) A great man, a proud chieftain, from Domhnull. These names appear to have their root in the Gaelic noun Dion, a defense, shelter, protection. The verb Dion signifies to defend, to protect Dun has nearly the same meaning, a heap, a hill, or mount, a fortified house or hill, a castle. Surnames compounded of Dion, Don, or Dun, were figuratively usdd to denote persons of courage, and who were not easily subdued.
Dion Surname Origin
Spelling Variations : DION | DIAN
Dion: Place of Origin :  London (United Kingdom) |  Hampshire (United Kingdom) |  Dorset (United Kingdom) |  Lancashire (United Kingdom) |  West Yorkshire (United Kingdom) |  Antrim (United Kingdom)
Dion: Online Family Trees
de DION Londres (Angleterre) (London, England, United Kingdom) 1794 - 1814
de DION Londres,Royaume Uni (London, England, United Kingdom) 1794 - 1814
DION Armagh (Armagh, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom) 1860 - 1860
DION Ste Claire,Dorchester (Dorset, England, United Kingdom) 1850 - 1850
DION Ste Henedine,Dorchester (Dorset, England, United Kingdom) 1895 - 1895
DION St Chs Rich. (Cheshire, England, United Kingdom) 1787 - 1787
de DION Londres (London, England, United Kingdom) 1794 - 1794
de DION Londres (London, England, United Kingdom) 1798 - 1798
de DION Londres, Royaume Uni (London, England, United Kingdom) 1794 - 1828
de DION Londres (Royaume-Uni) (London, England, United Kingdom) 1794 - 1814

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Dion: Famous Genealogies
DION Céline
 DION Céline born DION Céline Marie Claudette (1968 - )
Canadian singer, occasional songwriter, actress, and entrepreneur
 The surname Dion is related to the following famous family trees :
        BOMBARDIER Joseph Armand (1907 - 1964)
        COLBERT Claudette born CHAUCHOIN Emilie (1903 - 1996)
        TWAIN Shania born EDWARDS Eilleen Regina (1965 - )
        GALICHON Georges (1915 - 2003)
        GOULET Robert born GOULET Robert Gerard (1933 - 2007)
Dion: Books that contain this surname
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DIONMemoires
Author: Société historique et archéologique de Tournai - Published in 1893
... de Tournai, etc., et de Magdeleine de Hau-dion, dite de Ghiebrechies. Jehan de la Motte-Baraffe convola avec Jehanne de le ...		 DIONHistory of Idaho : the gem of the mountains (Volume 2)
Author: Hawley, James H., b. 1847 - Published in 1920
... and is a son of Pierre and Celina (Chotte) Dion, both of whom were French Canadians. On crossing the border ...
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Updated on 2011-04-12
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