Meaning and origin of Dylan

Origin: Welsh

Meaning: Son of the wave, born near the sea, influence. Famous bearers: Welsh poet Dylan Thomas, American folk singer Bob Dylan.
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Meaning and origin of Dylan

The boy's and girl's name Dylan \d(y)-lan\ is pronounced DIL-an. It is of Welsh origin, and its meaning is "son of the sea". Mythology: a legendary Welsh hero. Modern use is probably homage to poet Dylan Thomas. Catherine Zeta-Jones, who is Welsh, chose this name for her son with Michael Douglas. Some of the variants are more closely related to the homonym Dillon. Singer Bob Dylan; actor Dylan McDermott.

Dylan has 6 variant forms: Dillan, Dillon, Dyllan, Dyllon, Dylon and Dylonn.

For more information, see also the related name Taylan.

Baby names that sound like Dylan are Dalan, Daylan, Dilan and Dolan.

Dylan is a popular male first name and a very rare surname (source: 1990 U.S. Census).
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Origin and meaning of Dylan

Dylan
Welsh
Male
sea god, son of the waves
1 - Dylan (Welsh boy name)
sea god, son of the waves
2 - dylaney (User contributed girl name)

3 - Dylann (English boy name)
Sea
Meaning&Origin
Dylan is a Welsh boys name.
The meaning of the name is `sea god, son of the waves `.
Where is it used?
The name Dylan is mainly used in Welsh, English and in Welsh Mythology.
How do they say it elsewhere?
Dillon (In English)
Statistics
The name Dylan was given to 15649 babies in the USA in 2004. Dylan was the number 25 name that year. In 2005, the name was given to 615 babies making it the number 474 name that year.-talkingbabynames.com
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