Dylan Forename
11,250th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 89,468 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Gibraltar
Dylan Forename User-submission:
The name Dylan originates from the Welsh name Dy llanw, meaning 'son of the sea'.
It also has origins in Welsh mythology as being a sea God, Dylan ail Don, whom was killed by his uncle.
Dylan Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 37,369 | 1:9,702 | 1,058 |
| Spain | 100% | 7,032 | 1:6,617 | 586 |
| Australia | - | 6,677 | 1:2,045 | 386 |
| Canada | 100% | 6,047 | 1:5,479 | 819 |
| South Africa | 100% | 4,594 | 1:11,870 | 1,925 |
| England | 100% | 4,375 | 1:12,709 | 938 |
| Wales | 100% | 2,593 | 1:1,193 | 261 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 2,334 | 1:7,242 | 1,008 |
| New Zealand | - | 1,707 | 1:2,657 | 472 |
| Thailand | 100% | 1,587 | 1:44,150 | 4,934 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1,502 | 1:13,848 | 1,956 |
| Brazil | 85% | 1,424 | 1:150,447 | 7,335 |
| France | 100% | 1,269 | 1:52,380 | 1,554 |
| Belgium | 100% | 835 | 1:13,761 | 1,263 |
| Iraq | 60% | 744 | 1:47,067 | 1,692 |
| China | - | 525 | 1:2,602,011 | 46,161 |
| Philippines | 92% | 492 | 1:215,466 | 9,332 |
| Malaysia | 98% | 488 | 1:62,397 | 4,889 |
| Kenya | - | 449 | 1:103,134 | 5,346 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 408 | 1:75,521 | 8,273 |
| Poland | 100% | 377 | 1:100,868 | 2,190 |
| Ireland | 100% | 359 | 1:12,935 | 811 |
| Scotland | 95% | 346 | 1:15,463 | 860 |
| Malta | - | 312 | 1:1,376 | 290 |
| Costa Rica | 99% | 281 | 1:16,968 | 1,272 |
| Ghana | - | 281 | 1:96,036 | 4,158 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 270 | 1:955,421 | 60,072 |
| India | 100% | 257 | 1:4,727,152 | 184,343 |
| Curaçao | 100% | 249 | 1:626 | 202 |
| Singapore | 100% | 244 | 1:25,767 | 4,279 |
| Gabon | - | 241 | 1:7,815 | 1,376 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 89% | 241 | 1:5,649 | 962 |
| Israel | 94% | 228 | 1:36,855 | 2,634 |
| Namibia | - | 205 | 1:11,728 | 1,342 |
| Chile | 98% | 169 | 1:104,185 | 2,616 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 164 | 1:50,082 | 2,203 |
| Portugal | - | 129 | 1:80,704 | 2,343 |
| Sweden | 93% | 126 | 1:78,237 | 3,601 |
| Germany | 96% | 124 | 1:779,660 | 6,802 |
| Congo | 100% | 115 | 1:43,558 | 3,455 |
| Zambia | - | 115 | 1:137,868 | 5,650 |
| Morocco | - | 109 | 1:315,125 | 6,796 |
| Gibraltar | - | 108 | 1:316 | 60 |
| Mexico | 96% | 99 | 1:1,253,984 | 9,181 |
| Kuwait | - | 95 | 1:39,845 | 3,619 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 94 | 1:164,083 | 10,419 |
| Botswana | - | 90 | 1:24,272 | 2,834 |
| Japan | - | 82 | 1:1,560,806 | 17,908 |
| Italy | 98% | 78 | 1:782,847 | 7,303 |
| Northern Ireland | 84% | 69 | 1:26,712 | 1,050 |
| Czechia | 100% | 62 | 1:171,874 | 1,478 |
| Bahrain | - | 59 | 1:22,859 | 3,234 |
| Guatemala | - | 59 | 1:273,024 | 3,423 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 59 | 1:121,220 | 8,743 |
| Saint Lucia | 98% | 50 | 1:3,556 | 629 |
| Russia | 88% | 49 | 1:2,943,545 | 17,266 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 48 | 1:5,628 | 744 |
| Hong Kong | - | 44 | 1:176,198 | 3,174 |
| Jamaica | - | 44 | 1:65,528 | 3,342 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 39 | 1:154,316 | 4,422 |
| Panama | 100% | 39 | 1:100,168 | 4,967 |
| Belize | 100% | 38 | 1:9,324 | 1,456 |
| South Korea | - | 38 | 1:145,906 | 6,365 |
| Qatar | 100% | 36 | 1:65,822 | 8,074 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 34 | 1:699,108 | 32,793 |
| Venezuela | 90% | 34 | 1:888,291 | 19,863 |
| Cameroon | - | 32 | 1:675,328 | 20,004 |
| Ecuador | - | 30 | 1:590,897 | 5,857 |
| Papua New Guinea | 86% | 29 | 1:281,114 | 22,987 |
| Madagascar | - | 25 | 1:945,176 | 2,170 |
| Cambodia | 100% | 22 | 1:739,697 | 13,291 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 22 | 1:155,802 | 3,267 |
| DR Congo | 67% | 21 | 1:3,515,600 | 73,131 |
| Denmark | - | 20 | 1:282,475 | 5,507 |
| Finland | 100% | 20 | 1:274,159 | 4,096 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 19 | 1:549,014 | 14,985 |
| Norway | 100% | 18 | 1:285,129 | 6,331 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 15 | 1:6,626 | 1,171 |
| Afghanistan | 57% | 14 | 1:2,330,251 | 19,281 |
| Guam | - | 14 | 1:11,475 | 1,503 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 14 | 1:12,683,169 | 134,057 |
| Jersey | - | 13 | 1:7,691 | 755 |
| Lebanon | 67% | 13 | 1:432,890 | 5,953 |
| Grenada | 100% | 12 | 1:9,010 | 1,199 |
| Latvia | - | 12 | 1:167,970 | 2,495 |
| Peru | 100% | 12 | 1:2,649,288 | 24,443 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 12 | 1:9,146 | 1,253 |
| Argentina | - | 11 | 1:3,888,477 | 10,916 |
| Albania | 100% | 9 | 1:338,508 | 14,218 |
| Egypt | 100% | 9 | 1:10,211,216 | 21,716 |
| Iceland | - | 9 | 1:40,669 | 2,415 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 9 | 1:1,971,872 | 15,474 |
| Malawi | 100% | 9 | 1:1,901,368 | 9,999 |
| Mozambique | - | 9 | 1:3,027,040 | 2,336 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 9 | 1:12,398 | 1,723 |
| Samoa | - | 9 | 1:21,688 | 450 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 9 | 1:64,551 | 3,816 |
| Tunisia | - | 9 | 1:75,211 | 3,284 |
| Vietnam | - | 8 | 1:11,577,889 | 4,258 |
| Bermuda | - | 6 | 1:10,804 | 1,174 |
| Greece | 100% | 6 | 1:1,822,425 | 10,706 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 6 | 1:9,111 | 1,173 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 6 | 1:8,798,053 | 38,955 |
| Bolivia | - | 4 | 1:2,650,351 | 4,903 |
| French Polynesia | - | 4 | 1:69,476 | 2,352 |
| Honduras | - | 4 | 1:2,204,367 | 17,261 |
| Mauritius | 100% | 4 | 1:324,446 | 5,754 |
| Seychelles | 100% | 4 | 1:23,168 | 1,192 |
| Colombia | 100% | 3 | 1:15,926,309 | 51,235 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 3 | 1:1,047 | 226 |
| Guyana | - | 3 | 1:254,421 | 14,062 |
| Isle of Man | - | 3 | 1:28,341 | 386 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 3 | 1:7,691,978 | 82,363 |
| Romania | - | 3 | 1:6,683,992 | 44,661 |
| Serbia | - | 3 | 1:2,381,907 | 7,319 |
| Uganda | 100% | 3 | 1:13,652,307 | 74,436 |
| Algeria | - | 2 | 1:19,088,360 | 22,377 |
| Austria | 100% | 2 | 1:4,257,100 | 13,469 |
| Azerbaijan | - | 2 | 1:4,821,472 | 33,780 |
| Bahamas | - | 2 | 1:199,685 | 2,758 |
| Barbados | - | 2 | 1:144,894 | 2,643 |
| El Salvador | - | 2 | 1:3,170,893 | 11,665 |
| Liberia | 100% | 2 | 1:2,206,030 | 27,695 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 2 | 1:282,024 | 3,520 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 2 | 1:25,615 | 3,101 |
| Nepal | - | 2 | 1:14,243,676 | 86,069 |
| Paraguay | - | 2 | 1:3,618,402 | 11,946 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 2 | 1:1,775,150 | 6,781 |
| Turkey | 50% | 2 | 1:38,900,854 | 64,839 |
| American Samoa | - | 1 | 1:55,845 | 3,376 |
| Angola | - | 1 | 1:26,966,606 | 7,835 |
| Anguilla | - | 1 | 1:13,255 | 1,687 |
| Armenia | - | 1 | 1:2,918,753 | 14,910 |
| Bangladesh | - | 1 | 1:159,461,366 | 36,167 |
| Belarus | - | 1 | 1:9,482,384 | 20,892 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:31,250 | 1,787 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 1 | 1:18,379,469 | 100,219 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 1 | 1:61,299 | 2,487 |
| Croatia | - | 1 | 1:4,217,076 | 20,943 |
| Dominica | - | 1 | 1:75,471 | 1,341 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 1 | 1:1,137,689 | 1,044 |
| Estonia | - | 1 | 1:1,315,380 | 8,883 |
| Ethiopia | - | 1 | 1:97,560,133 | 29,608 |
| Fiji | - | 1 | 1:892,378 | 3,968 |
| Georgia | - | 1 | 1:3,738,466 | 29,095 |
| Greenland | - | 1 | 1:56,371 | 1,395 |
| Guernsey | - | 1 | 1:63,331 | 901 |
| Hungary | 100% | 1 | 1:9,791,771 | 6,528 |
| Jordan | 56% | 1 | 1:8,826,774 | 11,126 |
| Libya | - | 1 | 1:6,221,309 | 3,060 |
| Macau | - | 1 | 1:608,209 | 2,350 |
| Moldova | - | 1 | 1:3,561,139 | 8,690 |
| Mongolia | - | 1 | 1:2,934,814 | 16,205 |
| Myanmar | - | 1 | 1:51,948,273 | 3,226 |
| Norfolk Island | - | 1 | 1:2,324 | 291 |
| Northern Cyprus | 100% | 1 | 1:318,133 | 3,044 |
| Pakistan | - | 1 | 1:194,357,680 | 303,535 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 1 | 1:5,829 | 386 |
| Slovakia | - | 1 | 1:5,310,063 | 9,949 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 1 | 1:2,458,758 | 6,723 |
| Suriname | - | 1 | 1:552,811 | 5,457 |
| Swaziland | - | 1 | 1:1,300,177 | 3,374 |
| Syria | - | 1 | 1:19,306,075 | 9,560 |
| Ukraine | - | 1 | 1:45,499,908 | 32,056 |
| Wallis and Futuna | - | 1 | 1:13,529 | 157 |
Dylan (1,418) may also be a surname.
Dylan Forename Meaning
User-submitted Reference
The name Dylan originates from the Welsh name Dy llanw, meaning 'son of the sea'.
It also has origins in Welsh mythology as being a sea God, Dylan ail Don, whom was killed by his uncle.
- dilly_vanilly(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'.
- dfiske90Dylan is a Welsh male given name, meaning 'son of the sea' or 'boy of the sea'.
- bigdogdyl345Dylan is a Welsh name, which means 'son of the ocean' or 'born from the ocean'.
- ravenmoon27Dylan Forename Popularity
Dylan Demographics
Average Dylan Salary in
United States
$45,833 USD
Per year
Rank:
172,942 of 531,972
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.00670514
Rank: 1,335 of 532,209
Percentage of national average salary:
105.29%
Sample size: 12,060 (2014)
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD
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