Dylon
A boys’ name of Welsh origin, meaning son of the sea; a variant spelling of Dylan.
Dylon by the numbers
Dylon was given to 36 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 258 babies in 1992, so it is a 1990s name that has since fallen a long way.
Other names that come from Dylan
Like Dylon, each of these traces back to Dylan: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Daylenson of the sea; a modern respelling of Dylan149 in the US (2017)
- Daylanson of the sea; a modern respelling of Dylan81 in the US (2017)
- Dylandson of the sea; a modern respelling of Dylan47 in the US (2017)
- Dylanison of the sea; a form of Dylan7 in the US (2017)
- Dylanieson of the sea; a form of Dylan5 in the US (2017)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Dylon. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Dylanson of the sea10,158 in the US (2017)
- Dysonson of dye or of dionysus47 in the US (2017)
- Dylenson of the sea; variant of Dylan25 in the US (2017)
- Dyllonson of the sea; a form of Dylan7 in the US (2017)
- Dilonloyal; a form of Dillon5 in the US (2017)
- Dylynson of the sea; variant spelling of Dylan5 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Dylon
Names that are said the same way as Dylon, 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)
- 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)
- Dilyntrue lion; a form of Dilwyn13 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean the sea
Like Dylon, each of these has the sea in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Kaisea672 in England and Wales (2025)
- Morgansea-born; great and bright2,273 in the US (2017)
- Roninwave man; masterless samurai568 in the US (2017)
- Makaitowards the sea418 in the US (2017)
- Murphydescendant of Murchadh, sea warrior65 in England and Wales (2025)
- Caspianof the Caspian Sea101 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Dylon
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