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What does Dillon mean?

Dillon Pronunciation of Dillon as a boys' name (also used less regularly as girls' name Dillon) is pronounced DIL-un. It is of Irish and Gaelic origin, and the meaning of Dillon is "like a lion; loyal". Sounds like Dylan. Name of a hippy on BBC's TV show "Magic Roundabout". Actor Matt Dillon.

STARTS/ENDS WITH Di-, -on

ASSOCIATED WITH irish, lion, loyal (faithful), magic

Variations

VARIANTS Dilan, Dillan, Dillen, Dilon, Dyllon, Dylon

RELATIONS VIA DYLAN Dyllan, Dylonn

CREATIVE FORMS
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MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Dillon Syrus (D.S.), ..

How popular is Dillon?

Dillon is a somewhat popular first name for men (#964 out of 1220, Top 79%) and an even more popular surname for both adults and children (#631 out of 150436, Top 1%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)

Dillon entered the list in 1890-1899 and reached its highest rank of #73 in the U.S. in the year 1992, and is at #592 presently. (TOP 2000 NAMES, 2018)

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Dillon name in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Dillon outside U.S.

Which version is better?

Prominent alternative forms of Dillon (#592 THE PREVIOUS YEAR) are Dylan (#31), Dilan (#1132), Dillan (#1935), Dyllan, Dyllon and Dylon. Usage of these forms of Dillon was at its highest in 1992 (AVERAGE #673) and has become much reduced since (#1384, 51.3%), with forms such as Dillon becoming somewhat dated.



Top 2000 baby names ranking of Dillon, Dilan, Dillan, Dylan, Dyllan in U.S.

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Dyllon, Dylon in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Dillon, Dylan outside U.S.

Similar Names

Dillon is pronounced similarly to Daelan, Dalan, Dalen, Dallan, Dallen, Dallin, Dallon, Dalon, Dalwyn, Dalyn, Daylan, Daylen, Daylin, Daylon, Deleon, Dellwin, Delon, Delwin, Delwyn, Deylin and Dolan. Other recommended sound-alike names are Allon, Dallton, Dalton, Delmon, Delron, Delton, Delvon, Devlon, Dion, Dixon, Eilon, Fillan, Gillan, Gillen, Gilleon, Gillion, Gillon, Gillson, Gilon, Gilson, Hilton, Mallon, Mellon, Millen, Millton, Milton, Nilson, Tallon, Tildon, Tilton, Willson, Wilson and Wilton. These names tend to be less frequently used than Dillon.

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