Dillan
A boys’ name of Irish origin, meaning son of Dillion; true desire.
Dillan by the numbers
In 2025, 7 babies in England and Wales were named Dillan. In the US, 84 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 341 babies in 1992, so it is a 1990s name that has since fallen a long way.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Dillan. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Dillan
Names that are said the same way as Dillan, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Dylanson of the sea10,158 in the US (2017)
- Dylannson of the sea; a modern respelling of Dylan77 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)
- Dilyntrue lion; a form of Dilwyn13 in the US (2017)
- Dyllonson of the sea; a form of Dylan7 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean truth
Like Dillan, each of these has truth in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Names about as common as Dillan
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