Daylan
A boys’ name of Welsh origin, meaning son of the sea; a modern respelling of Dylan.
Daylan by the numbers
Daylan was given to 81 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 124 babies in 2008, making it a 2000s name.
Other names that come from Dylan
Like Daylan, each of these traces back to Dylan: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Dilantrue sea or faithful; a variant of Dylan229 in the US (2017)
- Dylannson of the sea; a modern respelling of Dylan77 in the US (2017)
- Dyllanson of the sea; variant spelling of Dylan56 in the US (2017)
- Dylandson of the sea; a modern respelling of Dylan47 in the US (2017)
- Dylonson of the sea; a variant spelling of Dylan36 in the US (2017)
- Dylenson of the sea; variant of Dylan25 in the US (2017)
- Dylanison of the sea; a form of Dylan7 in the US (2017)
- Dyllonson of the sea; a form of Dylan7 in the US (2017)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Daylan. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Daylan
Names that are said the same way as Daylan, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean the sea
Like Daylan, each of these has the sea in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Kaisea672 in England and Wales (2025)
- Morgansea-born; great and bright2,273 in the US (2017)
- Roninwave man; masterless samurai568 in the US (2017)
- Makaitowards the sea418 in the US (2017)
- Murphydescendant of Murchadh, sea warrior65 in England and Wales (2025)
- Caspianof the Caspian Sea101 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Daylan
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