Etymology

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Today it means: A surname from Welsh [in turn originating as a patronymic]. Full definition →

Welsh Siôn
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The story

  1. Welsh · derived fromSiôn“John”
  2. English todayShone

Anglicized form of Welsh Siôn (“John”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.