Dionne is both a modern feminine given name and a French Canadian surname. Antoine Dionne (1641-1721)[1] of Quebec is the earliest known Dionne in North America, and currently all people with the surname Dionne are believed to be descendants of his.
People with the name include:
Given name
edit- Dionne Brand (born 1953), Canadian writer
- Dionne Bromfield (born 1996), British singer
- Dionne Bunsha, Indian journalist
- Dionne Farris (born 1968), American musician
- Dionne Price, American statistician
- Dionne Quan (born 1978), American voice actress
- Dionne Warwick (born 1940), American singer
Surname
edit- Dionne quintuplets, Canadian quintuplets born in 1934
- Amable Dionne (1781–1852), Canadian politician
- Benjamin Dionne (1798–1883), Canadian politician
- Charles-Eugène Dionne (1908–1984), Canadian politician
- Charles-Eusèbe Dionne (1846–1925), French Canadian naturalist
- Deidra Dionne (born 1982), Canadian skier
- E. J. Dionne (born 1952), American journalist
- Georges Dionne (1876–1946), Canadian politician
- Gérard Dionne (1919–2020), Canadian bishop
- Gilbert Dionne (born 1970), Canadian hockey player
- Kim Yi Dionne (born 1977), American political scientist
- Ludger Dionne (1888–1962), Canadian politician
- Mahammed Dionne (born 1959), Senegalese politician
- Marcel Dionne (born 1951), Canadian hockey player
- Marcel Dionne (politician) (1931–1998), Canadian politician
- Maurice Dionne (1936–2003), Canadian politician
- Mónica Dionne (born 195?), Mexican American actress
- Rita Dionne-Marsolais (born 1947), Canadian economist
- Valérie Dionne (born 1980), Canadian water polo player
References
edit- ^ Dictionnaire Tanguay