Dionne (name) explained

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

• 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

• 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

Notes and References

1. Dictionnaire Tanguay