Dhilan
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 4 babies a year in England and Wales.
Dhilan by the numbers
In 2025, 4 babies in England and Wales were named Dhilan. In the US, 9 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 31 babies in 2015, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Dhilan
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Dhilan. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Dilantrue sea or faithful; a variant of Dylan229 in the US (2017)
- Dhianmeditation or contemplation6 in England and Wales (2025)
- Dhiaanmeditation; contemplation; focus5 in England and Wales (2025)
- Dailan5 in the US (2017)
- Dylanson of the sea10,158 in the US (2017)
- Declanfull of goodness3,483 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Dhilan
Names that are said the same way as Dhilan, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Dhillonnoble or illustrious; a Sikh surname4 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Dhilan
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