Dylin
A unisex name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 15 babies a year in the US.
Dylin by the numbers
Dylin was given to 15 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 37 babies in 2003, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Dylin
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 Dylin. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Dylanson of the sea10,158 in the US (2017)
- Dylynson of the sea; variant spelling of Dylan5 in the US (2017)
- Daylin114 in the US (2017)
- Davinbeloved; a form of David146 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)
Sounds like Dylin
Names that are said the same way as Dylin, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Dillonloyal; from gaelic dillidh583 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)
- 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)
Names about as common as Dylin
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