Dylan (name)
| Gender | Unisex |
|---|---|
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Welsh |
| Meaning | flood, sea, ocean, tide, influence |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Dillon, Dyllan, Dilon, Dylen, Dilen, Dhillon |
Dylan is a Welsh unisex given name, although it is more commonly given to males. It is derived from the Welsh elements dy, meaning "great" and llanw, meaning "sea".[1] It is usually a given name in Wales, and in Welsh the first syllable is most often pronounced closer to "dull" than to "dill" (IPA: [ə], hence [ˈdəlan]).
People with the first (given) name Dylan
- Dylan Armstrong, Canadian shot putter
- Dylan Baker, American actor
- Dylan Cramer, Canadian musician
- Dylan Christopher, American actor
- Dylan Howe, English musician
- Dylan Klebold, Columbine perpetrator
- Dylan Lewis, Australian television and radio personality
- Dylan McDermott, American actor
- Dylan Moran, Irish comedian
- Dylan Neal, Canadian actor
- Dylan Smith, American actor
- Dylan Sprouse, American actor
- Dylan Ratigan, American television journalist
- Dylan Thomas, Welsh poet
- Dylan Mills, a.k.a Dizzee Rascal, English Rapper
- Dylan McFadden, American Concert Pianist
- Dylan Whittaker, English personality
People with the surname Dylan
- Bob Dylan, American composer and performer of popular music and folk music
- Jakob Dylan, youngest son of Bob and Sara Dylan and lead singer of The Wallflowers
- Jesse Dylan, eldest son of Bob and Sara Dylan
- Sara Dylan, first wife of Bob Dylan.
Names in fiction
- Dylan Ail Don, a Celtic mythological figure in Wales.
- Dylan the rabbit, a character in The Magic Roundabout named after Bob Dylan
- Dylan Dog, main character of the eponymous comic series
- Dylan Hunt, several science fiction characters
- Dylan 'Dil' Pickles, cartoon character from Rugrats and All Grown Up!
- Dylan Marvil, a character in The Clique series by Lisi Harrison
- Dylan McKay, a James Dean-like character in the 1990s teen drama series Beverly Hills, 90210 by Darren Star
- Dylan Michalchuk, a fictional character on the TV series Degrassi: The Next Generation
- Dylan Sanders, played by Drew Barrymore in Charlie's Angels
- Dylan Mayfair, played by Lyndsy Fonseca in Desperate Housewives