Dyllin
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- DIL-an
- Origin
- Welsh
Dyllin is a boys' name of Welsh origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Dyllin mean?
Welsh: spelling of Dylan; Welsh name, perhaps from dy, great, and llanw, tide
In the Mabinogion, Dylan ail Don is a sea-being who swims like a fish; the poet Dylan Thomas made the name famous.
Meaning borrowed from Dylan. More on Wiktionary.
Is Dyllin a girl's or a boy's name?
Dyllin is a boys' name.
How popular is Dyllin in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1992, with 15 boys. It first appears in the records in 1991.
Half of all the boys named Dyllin in the US since 1880 were born between 1995 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.
Dyllin in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 5 | #12,102 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 10 | #7,687 |
| 2008 | 5 | #12,546 |
| 2007 | 8 | #8,909 |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
| 2004 | 8 | #8,137 |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,449 |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,529 |
| 2000 | 8 | #7,409 |
| 1999 | 13 | #5,029 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
| 1996 | 8 | #6,489 |
| 1995 | 9 | #5,922 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 9 | #5,764 |
| 1992 | 15 | #3,912 |
| 1991 | 7 | #6,511 |
Names like Dyllin
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Brayden, Keegan, Declan, Aiden, Dylan, Kayden, Deacon, Devin, Brennan, Deegan, Teagan, Braden
Names related to Dyllin
More Welsh names
Owen, Winnie, Maddox, Morgan, Idris, Reese, Bowen, Griffin, Rhys, Gavin, Reece, Nia, Seren, Gwendolyn, Winifred, Meredith
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Dyllin: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/dyllin, updated 20 October 2026.