- Dylan (name)
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Dylan Gender Male Origin Word/Name Welsh Meaning flood, tsunami Other names Related names Dillon, Dyllan, Dilon, Dylen, Dilen, Dhillon Dylan is a Welsh male given name. It is the traditional approach of spelling the name. It is derived from the 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", thus [ˈdəlan] rather than English /ˈdɪlən/.
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People with the first (given) name Dylan
- Dylan Armstrong, Canadian shot putter
- Dylan Baker, American actor
- Dyllan Christopher, American actor
- Dylan Cramer, Canadian musician
- Dylan Howe, English musician
- Dylan Klebold, Columbine perpetrator
- Dylan Lauren, Owner of Dylan's Candy Bar (daughter of Ralph Lauren)
- Dylan Lewis, Australian television and radio personality
- Dylan McDermott, American actor
- Dylan Mills, better known as Dizzee Rascal, English rapper
- Dylan Moran, Irish comedian
- Dylan Neal, Canadian actor
- Dylan Reese, American NHL ice hockey player
- Dylan Smith, American actor
- Dylan Riley Snyder, American actor, singer, dancer
- Dylan Sprouse, American actor
- Dylan Ratigan, American television journalist
- Dylan Thomas, Welsh poet
People with the surname Dylan
- Bob Dylan, American composer and performer
- 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
- Dylan Dog, main character of the eponymous comic series
- Dylan Hodge, character from the sixth series of the BBC's Waterloo Road
- 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
- 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
- Dylan, played by Patrick Dempsey in Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Other uses
- The Dylan programming language
References
Categories:- American unisex given names
- Given names
- Surnames
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