Updated May 24, 2023

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Boy name origins & meanings

  • Irish : Faithful
  • Welsh : Sea

Boy name variations

Dil

Dil

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Dill

Dill

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Dillie

Dillie

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Dilly

Dilly

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Dillyn

Dillyn

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Dilon

Dilon

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Dilyn

Dilyn

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Dilynn

Dilynn

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Dylan

Dylan

- 1% this year
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Dillan

Dillan

+ 6% this year
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Dyllan

Dyllan

- 32% this year
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Dyllon

Dyllon

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Dylon

Dylon

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How Popular Is The Name Dillon

Family name origins & meanings

  • English and French : from the Germanic personal name Dillo (of uncertain origin, perhaps a byname from the root dīl ‘destroy’), introduced to Britain from France by the Normans.
  • English : habitational name from Dilwyn near Hereford, recorded in 1138 as Dilun, probably from Old English dīglum, dative plural of dīgle ‘recess’, ‘retreat’, i.e. ‘at the shady or secret places’.
  • Irish (of Norman origin) : altered form of de Leon (see Lyon).
  • Irish : reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Duilleáin ‘descendant of Duilleán’, a personal name, a variant of Dallán meaning ‘little blind one’.
  • Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) : of uncertain origin; either an ornamental name from the Biblical place name Dilon (Joshua 15:38), or an altered form of Sephardic de León (see Lyon).

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