Dillon Forename

51,645th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 12,867 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Dillon Forename Definition:

A Celtic name, meaning: Faithful.

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Dillon Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States
100%
8,2621:43,8802,583
Trinidad and Tobago
100%
9501:1,433272
Sri Lanka-6441:32,2973,883
South Africa
99%
 
5821:93,6997,786
Canada
100%
4401:75,3034,285
Iraq
100%
3281:106,7622,525
England
99%
 
2471:225,1136,373
Guyana
100%
1561:4,893896
Jamaica-1491:19,3511,629
Thailand
100%
1111:631,22427,483
Zambia-941:168,6686,356
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
100%
901:1,240208
Australia-751:182,1024,839
Malaysia
99%
 
701:434,99919,786
Brazil
100%
601:3,570,60362,327
Ireland
76%
 
541:85,9912,269
Grenada
100%
531:2,040431
Zimbabwe
100%
431:358,69318,128
Indonesia
100%
381:6,788,518244,640
India
79%
 
351:34,710,799676,029
China-341:40,178,11161,702
Germany
100%
261:3,718,38016,892
Philippines
100%
251:4,240,37976,922
Scotland
100%
211:254,7794,121
New Zealand-181:252,0027,674
Kenya-171:2,723,94821,409
Saint Lucia
100%
161:11,1131,461
Belize
100%
151:23,6212,493
Barbados-141:20,6991,571
Nigeria
100%
131:13,658,797139,235
Singapore
100%
121:523,92111,491
Russia
100%
121:12,019,47542,911
Netherlands
96%
 
111:1,536,55322,602
Antigua and Barbuda-91:11,0441,733
Panama-91:434,06212,541
Wales
100%
91:343,8125,087
Namibia-81:300,5225,486
Liberia
 
75%
81:551,50814,444
South Korea-71:792,06015,859
Colombia-71:6,825,56133,843
Tanzania
100%
61:8,798,05338,955
United States Virgin Islands-51:21,9492,239
Hong Kong-51:1,550,5457,446
Uganda
100%
41:10,239,23065,177
Malta-41:107,3402,111
Bahamas-41:99,8421,712
DR Congo
100%
41:18,456,90195,891
Ecuador-41:4,431,73016,276
United Arab Emirates-31:2,383,99875,650
France
100%
31:22,156,78046,973
Saint Kitts and Nevis-21:27,4302,159
Switzerland
100%
21:4,106,74825,883
Sweden
100%
21:4,928,95452,965
Papua New Guinea
100%
21:4,076,157155,819
Mexico-21:62,072,21496,650
Anguilla-21:6,628945
Montserrat-21:2,438412
Kosovo-21:930,72016,593
Italy
90%
 
21:30,531,04557,596
Honduras-21:4,408,73423,808
Israel
100%
21:4,201,45930,777
Taiwan
100%
11:23,769,682193,280
Dominican Republic-11:10,431,27030,761
Czechia
100%
11:10,656,16211,509
Costa Rica
100%
11:4,767,94827,206
Tonga-11:107,436779
Cayman Islands-11:61,2992,487
Cameroon-11:21,610,503119,836
British Virgin Islands-11:31,2501,787
Botswana-11:2,184,44921,741
Belarus
100%
11:9,482,38420,892
Vanuatu-11:261,7921,604
Venezuela-11:30,201,893231,239
Vietnam-11:92,623,11310,484
Bahrain-11:1,348,6737,854
Afghanistan-11:32,623,51666,536
Denmark-11:5,649,49828,429
Dominica-11:75,4711,341
Suriname-11:552,8115,457
Nicaragua-11:6,018,33634,175
Spain-11:46,529,96535,592
Fiji-11:892,3783,968
Ghana
100%
11:26,986,21613,521
Saudi Arabia-11:30,812,56527,537
São Tomé and Príncipe
100%
11:191,9975,295
Marshall Islands
100%
11:51,2305,014
Qatar
100%
11:2,369,60559,530
Morocco-11:34,348,63618,260
Mozambique-11:27,243,3575,091
Nauru
100%
11:11,927903
Norway-11:5,132,32937,513
Northern Mariana Islands-11:54,6681,803

Dillon (103,039) may also be a surname.

Dillon Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A Celtic name, meaning: Faithful.

Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead

User-submitted Reference

(Welsh) This name means 'son of the sea' or 'born from the ocean'. It is derived from the Welsh words dy, which means 'great', and llan, which means 'flow'.

- dfiske90

Dillon Forename Popularity

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Dillon Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Dillon in the Russian language
Диллонdillon-

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