Dillyn
A unisex name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 7 babies a year in the US.
Dillyn by the numbers
Dillyn was given to 7 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 24 babies in 1999, making it a 1990s name.
What we can tell you about Dillyn
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 Dillyn. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Dillonloyal; from gaelic dillidh583 in the US (2017)
- Dilyntrue lion; a form of Dilwyn13 in the US (2017)
- Dillen6 in the US (2017)
- Deklynman from Ireland; a modern respelling of Declan69 in the US (2017)
- Dyllanson of the sea; variant spelling of Dylan56 in the US (2017)
- Declynfull of goodness; modern respelling of Declan53 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Dillyn
Names that are said the same way as Dillyn, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Dylanson of the sea10,158 in the US (2017)
- Dilantrue sea or faithful; a variant of Dylan229 in the US (2017)
- Dillanson of Dillion; true desire84 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)
Names about as common as Dillyn
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