Dionicio
Masculine · “of Dionysus”
The man who invented the year we are living in was called Dionysius. A sixth-century monk, Dionysius Exiguus, calculated the date of Christ's birth and started counting from it, and every AD date since is his arithmetic. The name is the same one.
How old is the name Dionicio?
Dionicio first appears in US birth records in 1882 — 143 years ago. The typical Dionicio alive today was born around 1973, making them about 52 years old. About 1,500 people named Dionicio are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Dionicio most popular?
Dionicio peaked in 1887, reaching #921 nationally. Today it ranks #6446, 5,525 places below that high. See the whole 1887 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Dionysos to Dionicio
The story of Dionicio
Dionysius was a common Greek name and became a Christian one through several bearers: Dionysius the Areopagite, converted by Paul in Athens; Saint Denis, the third-century bishop who became patron of France; and Dionysius Exiguus, the monk who in 525 devised the system of numbering years from the incarnation that the world still uses. Latin gave the name to every Romance language, and Spanish took it as Dionisio. The spelling Dionicio, with a c for the s sound, is a Mexican and Central American convention, since the two letters are identical in Latin American Spanish. Its best year in United States records is 1887.
Meaningscholars disagree
of Dionysus
Greek Dionysios means belonging to Dionysus. The god's own name is only half explained: the Dio- is securely the genitive of Zeus, and the -nysos element has no accepted derivation, with a place called Nysa, a pre-Greek word and a Thracian source all proposed. So the name confidently identifies a god whose own name is half unreadable.
How the name formed
- Dionysos
- Dionysios
- Dionisio
- Dionicio
Related forms: Dionisio · Dionisio · Denis · Dinis · Denis
Pronouncing Dionicio
dyoh-NEE-syoh
Three or four syllables depending on how the io is treated, with the stress on the NEE. In Latin American Spanish the c before an i is an s, so Dionicio and Dionisio are identical aloud.
Nicknames for Dionicio
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1882
- Most boys named
- 199529 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #921reached in 1887
- Change vs 2023
- −7.1%13 in 2025, from 14
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Dionicio in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Dionisio in Spanish — spelling variant
- Dionisio in Italian — same name
- Denis in French — same name
- Dinis in Portuguese — same name
- Denis in Russian — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas.
Dionicios among us
people named Dionicio are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 131,390 born in 2025 was named Dionicio
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Dionicio
- #6446
- Dionicio on the 2025 chart
- #909
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Dionicio went to 13 boys in 2025, but Dionisio is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 19, which makes it the 909th most-given boys’ name of the year — 5,537 places above the chart.
- Dionicio13
- Dionisio6
About 1 boy in 89,899 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 131,390 for Dionicio itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
Fashion outlook
Dionicio sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Dionicio beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Dionicio in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- One of the deepest name histories in Europe, from a Greek god to the calendar.
- Nicho is a warm, established Mexican short form the spelling does not suggest.
- Related to Denis, Dennis and Dinis, which few people realize.
- Dionisio is the standard Spanish spelling and both circulate.
- Four syllables will be shortened immediately in American use.
- It reads as an older generation's name in Mexico and Spain.
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Frequently asked
- How many Dionicios are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,500 people named Dionicio are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Dionicio?
- Dionicio is the most-used spelling in US records — 13 of the 19 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Dionisio.
- How popular is the name Dionicio in 2025?
- Dionicio ranks #6446 among US boy names in 2025, with 13 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Dionicio?
- About 1 in every 131,390 US boys born in 2025 was named Dionicio — 13 in all.
- Will my child share the name Dionicio with classmates?
- Dionicio will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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