Zion (name)
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Language | Old English, Hebrew, Greek |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Sion |
Zion is a given name and surname derived from the ancient Canaanite hill fortress in Jerusalem called the City of David.[1] It is less commonly spelled Sion,[2] Tzion, Tsion, Tsiyon, Seyon, or Tsiyyon.[3] In Hebrew Zion is one of the 70 Names of Jerusalem. It is of Old English, Hebrew, and Akkadian (Assyrian-Babylonian) origins.
Notable people with the given name "Zion" include
- Zion Childress (born 2002), American football player
- Zion Clark (born 1997), American wrestler
- Zion Cohen (born 1983), Israeli footballer
- Zion Digmi (born 1942), Israeli footballer
- Zion Evrony, Israeli diplomat
- Zyon Gilbert (born 1999), American football player
- Zion Golan (born 1955), Israeli singer
- Zion Harmon (born 2002), American basketball player
- Zion Hwang (born 1997/1998), South Korean-Colombian singer-songwriter
- Zion Johnson (born 1999), American football player
- Zion Levy (1925–2008), Israeli rabbi
- Zion Lights (born 1984), British-Indian activist
- Zion Logue (born 2001), American football player
- Zyon McCollum (born 1999), American football player
- Zion McKinney (born 1958), American football player
- Zion Merili (born 1957), Israeli footballer
- Zión Moreno (born 1995), American actress
- Zion Nelson (born 2001), American football player
- Zion Nybeck (born 2002), Swedish ice hockey player
- Zion Pinyan (born 1951), Israeli politician
- Zion Redington (born 2006), American wheelchair rugby player
- Zion Suzuki (born 2002), Japanese footballer
- Zion Tracy (born 2004), American football player
- Zion Tse, American professor
- Zion Tupuola-Fetui (born 2000), American football player
- Zion Tzemah (born 1990), Israeli footballer
- Zion Williamson (born 2000), American basketball player
- Zion Wright (born 1999), American skateboarder
- Zion Young (born 2004), American football player
Alternative spellings as given name
- Tsiyon Abebe (born 2006), Ethiopian middle- and long-distance runner
- Tsion Avital, Israeli philosopher of art and culture
- Tsion Ben-Judah, a character in Left Behind
- Zyon Braun (born 1994), German politician
- Zyon Cavalera
- Zyon Gilbert
- Zyon Maiu'u
- Zyon McCollum
- Zyon Pullin
Notable people with the surname "Zion" include
- Daniel Zion (1883–1979), Turkish-Israeli rabbi
- Gene Zion (1913–1975), American author
- Jonathan Zion (ice hockey) (born 1981), Canadian ice hockey player
- Naor Zion (born 1973), Israeli comedian
- Nomika Zion, Israeli peace activist
- Roger H. Zion (1921–2019), American politician and lawyer
- Sidney Zion (1933–2009), American writer
- William Zion (1872–1919), American soldier
- Odessa A'zion (born 2000), American actress
Alternative spellings as surname
- Amda Seyon I, Emperor of Ethiopia from 1314 to 1344
- Sergey Tsion (1874–1947), Russian revolutionary
See also
- Zion (disambiguation), a disambiguation page for Zion
References
- ↑ "Zion - Etymology, origin, and meaning". etymonline.com. Retrieved August 1, 2022.
- ↑ Sion is the spelling in the Vulgate, also adopted in modern French.
- ↑ Hebrew Academy 2006 convention for the romanization of Hebrew, Announcements of the Academy of the Hebrew Language Archived 2013-10-15 at the Wayback Machine