Dilan
A boys’ name of Welsh origin, meaning true sea or faithful; a variant of Dylan.
How Dilan has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #904 |
| 2017 | #918 |
| 2019 | #980 |
| 2020 | #837 |
| 2021 | #870 |
| 2022 | #818 |
| 2023 | #758 |
| 2024 | #660 |
| 2025 | #805 |
Dilan by the numbers
In 2025, 23 babies in England and Wales were named Dilan. In the US, 229 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 the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 270 babies in 2014, making it a 2010s name.
Other names that come from Dylan
Like Dilan, 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.
- Daylenson of the sea; a modern respelling of Dylan149 in the US (2017)
- Daylanson of the sea; a modern respelling of Dylan81 in the US (2017)
- Dylandson of the sea; a modern respelling of Dylan47 in the US (2017)
- Dylanison of the sea; a form of Dylan7 in the US (2017)
- Dylanieson of the sea; a form of Dylan5 in the US (2017)
- Dylynson of the sea; variant spelling of Dylan5 in the US (2017)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Dilan. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Dylanson of the sea10,158 in the US (2017)
- Dillanson of Dillion; true desire84 in the US (2017)
- Diyandivine or heavenly36 in England and Wales (2025)
- Dilyntrue lion; a form of Dilwyn13 in the US (2017)
- Dolandark haired; from dubh lann11 in the US (2017)
- Diandivine; from Diana8 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Dilan
Names that are said the same way as Dilan, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Dillonloyal; from gaelic dillidh583 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)
- Dylonson of the sea; a variant spelling of Dylan36 in the US (2017)
- Dylenson of the sea; variant of Dylan25 in the US (2017)
- Dyllonson of the sea; a form of Dylan7 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean faith
Like Dilan, each of these has faith in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Other names that mean truth
Like Dilan, each of these has truth in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Names about as common as Dilan
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