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What does Dylan mean?
Dylan 
as a boys' name (also used less widely as girls' name Dylan) is pronounced DIL-an, DUL-an. It is of Welsh origin, and the meaning of Dylan 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.
ENDS WITH -lan
Variations
VARIANTS Dillan▼, Dillon▼, Dyllan, Dyllon, Dylon▼, Dylonn
SEE ALSO Taylan
ALTERNATIVE FORMS VIA DILLON Dilan, Dillen, Dilon
FEMININE FORM Dylana
CREATIVE FORMS(male) Dellan, ..
(female) Dyly, ..
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Dylan Jose (D.J.), ..
How popular is Dylan?
Dylan is a very prominent first name for men (#546 out of 1220, Top 45%) and a slightly less prominent surname for all people (#93841 out of 150436, Top 62%). (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)
Dylan was first listed in 1960-1969 and reached its peak position of #19 in the U.S. in 2004, and is currently at #31. (TOP BABY NAMES, 2018)
Which version is better?
Dillon (#592 LAST YEAR), Dilan (#1132), Dillan (#1935), Dyllan, Dyllon and Dylon are the prominent alternative forms of Dylan (#31). These relations of Dylan were popular as baby names in 1992 (USAGE OF 1.05%) and are now much less common (USAGE 0.51%, DOWN 51.3%), with forms like Dillon becoming somewhat outmoded.
Similar Names
Dylan is alike in pronunciation to Daelan, Dalan, Dalen, Dallan, Dallen, Dallin▼, Dallon, Dalon, Dalwyn, Dalyn, Daylan, Daylen, Daylin, Daylon, Delaine, Delane, Deleon, Delon, Delwin, Delwyn, Deylin and Dolan. Other suggested similar-sounding names are Alan▼, Allan▼, Arlan, Aslan, Aydan, Ayman, Byran, Calan, Colan, Cyran, Dagan, Daman, Dan▼, Daran, Dayman, Daytan, Dean, Declan▲, Delani, Delano▼, Delany, Delman, Devan▼, Doan, Doran, Dowan, Dugan, Duran, Dyson, Eilan, Elan, Felan, Galan, Gyan, Haylan, Hyman▼, Ilan, Jalan, Jaylan▼, Kalan, Kelan, Kylan▲, Kyran, Milan▲, Nolan▲, Orlan, Ryan▼, Rylan, Sylvan, Tynan, Waylan, Wylan and Wyman. These names tend to be less frequently used than Dylan.
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