Sion (name)

Sion is a name used in Wales and in other nations.

Welsh name
Siôn or Sion is a Welsh form of the Anglo-Norman Jean, pronounced in English similarly to the Irish name Seán.

Notable people with the Welsh name include:

People with the surname

 * Eleri Siôn (born 1971), Welsh radio and television presenter
 * Llywelyn Siôn (1540–c. 1615), Welsh-language poet
 * Sawnder Sion (16th century), Welsh poet

People with the given name

 * Siôn ap Hywel (fl. c. 1490–1532), Welsh-language poet
 * Sion Bebb (born 1968), Welsh golfer
 * Sion Blythe (1781–1835), American pastor
 * Sion Record Bostick (1819–1902), American soldier
 * Siôn Bradford (1706–1785), Welsh-language poet
 * Sion Brinn (born 1973), Jamaican swimmer and coach
 * Siôn Cent (c. 1400–1435/40), Welsh-language poet
 * Siôn Ceri (fl. early 16th century), Welsh-language poet
 * Sion Jones (cyclist) (born 1979), Welsh cyclist
 * Sion L. Perry (c. 1793–1874), justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama
 * Sion Russell Jones (born 1986), Welsh singer and songwriter
 * Sion Morris (born 1977), Welsh cricketer
 * Siôn Phylip (1543–1620), Welsh-language poet
 * Sion Hart Rogers (1825–1874), American politician from North Carolina
 * Siôn Simon (born 1968), British politician from Birmingham Erdington
 * Sion Spence (born 2000), Welsh footballer
 * Siôn Treredyn or John Edwards (c. 1605–1656), Welsh priest and translator
 * Siôn Tudur or John Tudur (c. 1522–1602), Welsh-language poet

Fictional and mythical characters

 * Siôn Corn, Welsh name of Father Christmas
 * 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

 * Sion Sono (born 1961), Japanese filmmaker and poet

People with the surname

 * Constantin Sion, Moldavian chronicler
 * Gheorghe Sion, Moldavian and Romanian poet and playwright
 * Ioan Sion, Romanian general
 * Maurice Sion (1927–2018), American-Canadian mathematician, known for Sion's minimax theorem
 * Ion Theodorescu-Sion, Romanian painter

Fictional characters

 * Sion Eltnam Atlasia, a character in the dōjin soft fighter series Melty Blood
 * 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