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It’s from both the band/musician and from the word for god. Excerpt from the Phantom Blood PS2 interview:

“ Regarding the birth of the arch nemesis, Dio He's full of confidence, very arrogant and he's aiming to become a God, or top of the world. Because of this, I used the Italian word, 'Dio,' that is used to refer to a God, as well as the 'Dio' that plays Heavy Metal. I like Heavy Metal and Rock so I used those as a reference to make characters. They're also characters that I created to signify 'black and white' or good and evil.'”

It’s also mentioned in “Shueisha Jump Remix” as can be seen through the link in the citations (although it’s in Japanese).