Baby name
STABLE
🇬🇧 🇺🇸 🇮🇪 Dillon
/DIL · on/
Meaning
“Great tide or born of the sea, or”
Variant of Dylan, from Welsh meaning great tide or born of the sea, or from the Irish surname O'Dillain. The Dillon spelling bridges Irish and Welsh origins.
Nicknames
dill · dilly · dillan
Vibe
gentle
How it ages.
Peaked in the US in the 1990s; feels more dated than the Dylan spelling.
The cultural moment.
Common in the US from the 1980s through the 2000s; Dylan is now the dominant spelling.