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Boy · Norman surname
Dillon
Say it: DIL-un
Meaning
From an Irish and English surname of Norman origin, probably from a Germanic personal name or a French place name; also used as a spelling of Welsh Dylan.
Uncertainseveral explanations, none settled.
Popular in the US in the 1980s and 1990s.
Its wave through time
A fashion of the 1990s
In the United States
- 64,360 babies given this name since 1892
- At its height in 1992, about 1 in 395 boys
- 448 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Dillan
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Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.