Dillon - Meaning of Dillon

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Dillon

[ 2 syll. dil-lon, di-ll-on ] The baby boy name Dillon is also used as a girl name, but the use for boys is much more common. Its pronunciation is DIHL-ahN †. Dillon is used predominantly in the English language and its origin is Welsh. Dillon is a variant spelling of the name Dylan (English, German, and Welsh).

See also the related categories, english and welsh.

Dillon is a fairly popular baby name for boys. The name's popularity jumped from the 1970s up to the 1990s; before that, it was of very modest use only. At the peak of its usage in 1992, 0.241% of baby boys were given the name Dillon. Its ranking then was #73. The baby name has since experienced a loss in popularity. In 2018, its usage was 0.024% and its ranking #592. Out of the group of boy names directly linked to Dillon, Dylan was the most widely used. In 2018, its use outnumbered Dillon's by 19 times. In the past century Dillon has predominantly been a baby boy name.

Baby names that sound like Dillon include Dyllun, Daelin, Daelyn, Dailin, Dallin, Dallyn, Dalyn, Daylen, Daylin, Delaene, Delaine, Delann, Delaynee, Delayney, Delayni, Delaynie, Delayno, Delayny, Delman, and Delmee.

† Pronunciation for Dillon: D as in "day (D.EY)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; L as in "lay (L.EY)" ; AH as in "mud (M.AH.D)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"