Dylan

From Welsh mythology; possibly from Celtic for "son of the sea" or "born from the ocean." Unrelated to the name Dillon, although the homophony may result in the two being considered variant spellings of the same name.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɪlən/

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• Rhymes: -ɪlən
• Homophone: Dillon

Dylan

1. A male given name from Welsh.
2. A female given name.
   • 2023 November 15, Ramishah Maruf, “Anheuser-Busch’s US marketing chief is stepping down as Bud Light sales sink”, in CNN Business‎^[1]:

     The brand’s Bud Light customers abandoned the beer after it partnered with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney and botched its response to the controversy.

3. (rare) A surname.
   • 2019 October 15, Aleksandar Hemon, “‘The Bob Dylan of Genocide Apologists’”, in The New York Times‎^[2], archived from the original on 5 April 2020:

     Mr. Handke is the Bob Dylan of genocide apologists.

• (surname): Dylanesque, Dylanologist, Dylanology

• Dylann

• Dalyn, Landy, Lynda, yland

• IPA^(key): /di.lan/

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Dylan m

1. a male given name from Welsh, popular in the 1990s

dy- (“to, of”) +‎ llanw (“tide”)

• IPA^(key): /ˈdəlan/

Dylan m

1. a male given name