Dillian
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 7 babies a year in the US.
Dillian by the numbers
Dillian was given to 7 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 41 babies in 1992, so it is a 1990s name that has since fallen a long way.
What we can tell you about Dillian
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 Dillian. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Dillanson of Dillion; true desire84 in the US (2017)
- Dillionloyal; a variant spelling of Dillon23 in the US (2017)
- Dillonloyal; from gaelic dillidh583 in the US (2017)
- Dilantrue sea or faithful; a variant of Dylan229 in the US (2017)
- Dyllanson of the sea; variant spelling of Dylan56 in the US (2017)
- Dallinfrom the valley; a variant of Dallas53 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Dillian
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