Dilynn

A unisex name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 28 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
28
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Dilynn by the numbers

Dilynn was given to 28 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 41 babies in 2011, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Dilynn

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 Dilynn. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Dilyntrue lion; a form of Dilwyn13 in the US (2017)
  • Dailynn18 in the US (2017)
  • Dalynn6 in the US (2017)
  • Dillonloyal; from gaelic dillidh583 in the US (2017)
  • Dylannson of the sea; a modern respelling of Dylan77 in the US (2017)
  • Dylynson of the sea; variant spelling of Dylan5 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Dilynn

Names that are said the same way as Dilynn, 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)
  • 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)

Names about as common as Dilynn

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