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The ION name and origins.

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The ION name and origins.

Duncan C. Ion (View posts)
Posted: 29 Dec 2000 1:09AM GMT
This is an extract from a commercial Family Name History company:
"There is a certain amount of confusion regarding the origin of the surname ION (or Ionn or Ions). The most likely explanation is that the name is patronymic in orogon, belonging to that category of names that derived from the forename of a father. In this case, the name simply implies the son/descendent of Ion, very probably a variant of Jon, from John, the meaning of which can be traced to the the old hebrew word which signifies "gracious gift of Yahweh" or "Yahweh has favoured". The earliest recordswould seem to indicate that it was first found in England, as early as the late 13th Century, when, 1273, one Richard Ion of Cambridge was recorded in the hundred rolls.

There is a coat of arms (Though I doubt we're actually entitled to it!) of "Sable, a chevron between three trefoils slipped argent" (Burke's General armory p 543)

Hope this helps.
SubjectAuthorDate Posted
Duncan C. Ion 29 Dec 2000 8:09AM GMT 
Anne Ion. 7 Nov 2005 5:57AM GMT 
Albert Pretten 29 Nov 2005 9:52AM GMT 
Marion Hunt 20 Jan 2006 7:58PM GMT 
Anne Ion. 20 Jan 2006 11:53PM GMT 
Mrs Marion Hunt 21 Jan 2006 1:33PM GMT 
JanetHutson56 21 Mar 2006 6:24PM GMT 
Marion Hunt 22 Mar 2006 7:20PM GMT 
DanaIon 10 Oct 2007 10:33PM GMT 
moet4me2 23 Aug 2010 5:20PM GMT 
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