Ἴων

Etymology
From earlier according to Beekes.

Pokorny has speculated about a connection to a root, expressing a shout of joy or distress, as in 🇨🇬. could mean “devotee of Apollo”, based on the cry uttered in his worship; the god was also called  himself. Douglas Harper speculates that it may share a origin with 🇨🇬, a supposed reference to goddess-worshipping.

Compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, both attested in the first half of 14th century BC.

Proper noun

 * 1) Ion, the mythological ancestor of the Ionian people
 * 2) an Ancient Greek male name

Noun

 * 1) one of the Ionians; a native or inhabitant of Ionia

Descendants