Sion Family History
Sion Name Meaning
French (mainly Nord) and Walloon: from the personal name Sion a shortened and altered form of Ancion a pet form of Anselme (see Anselm ). The personal name may alternatively be in some cases of Biblical origin (see 2 below and Zion ). French: habitational name from any of various places so named (e.g. in Meurthe-et-Moselle Vendée and Loire-Atlantique) probably after the hill in Jerusalem mentioned in the Bible (see Zion ). French (Vosges): variant of Scion a nickname from scion ‘twig shoot’. This surname (in any of the possible senses; see above) is also found in Germany (Ahrweiler). Spanish (Sión): perhaps a habitational name from Sión in Pontevedra province Galicia. This surname is not found in Galicia. Jewish (Sephardic): variant of Zion .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022