Sione
The Tongan and Samoan form of John, from Hebrew Yohanan, "God is gracious".
Meaning and origin
Sione took shape when nineteenth-century missionaries translated the Bible into Tongan and Samoan and had to fit John into sound patterns that have no English-style j.
How to pronounce Sione
| English (US) | see-OH-neh /siˈoʊneɪ/ |
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