The baby name Dillen is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced {'IPA': 'ˈdɪlən', 'respelling': 'DIL-en'}.
The baby name Dillen is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced {'IPA': 'ˈdɪlən', 'respelling': 'DIL-en'}.
Dillen is English, Irish, Welsh in Origin.
Dillen is a modern English given name most often treated as a spelling variant of Dylan/Dillon. Its deepest linguistic root is Welsh Dylan, from elements meaning “great tide/flow,” attached to the mythic figure Dylan ail Don in the Mabinogion; the name is commonly interpreted as “son of the sea” or “great wave.”
Use as a first name accelerated in the 20th century through the cultural visibility of the poet Dylan Thomas and, later, Bob Dylan, prompting a wave of creative spellings; Dillen appears in records from the late 1900s onward in the US, UK, and beyond. A secondary influence is the Irish surname Dillon, from Norman French de Léon (“of Léon,” in Brittany), which also fed modern given-name use. Related forms include Dylan, Dillon, Dillan, Dilan, Dyllan, and Dyllen. Dillen is pronounced DILL-en and is used for all genders.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SI | Boys | 0 | #211 | 1 | 3,402 |
| NA | Boys | 0 | #252 | 2 | 6,830 |
| SG | 0 | #282 | 1 | 11,010 | |
| TW | Girls | 0 | #289 | 1 | 8,139 |
| Canada | Boys | 1997 | #300 | 6 | 1,830 |
| MU | Boys | 0 | #369 | 1 | 8,477 |
| ZA | 0 | #468 | 7 | 14,421 | |
| IL | Boys | 0 | #624 | 2 | 10,983 |
| HK | Girls | 0 | #650 | 1 | 16,104 |
| IQ | Boys | 0 | #697 | 1 | 13,071 |
| SG | Boys | 0 | #736 | 4 | 17,960 |
| United States | Boys | 2023 | #894 | 5 | 7,053 |
| NL | Boys | 0 | #935 | 17 | 5,873 |
| United States | Girls | 2007 | #952 | 5 | 10,181 |
| CO | Boys | 0 | #980 | 2 | 15,656 |
| ZA | Boys | 0 | #1,096 | 83 | 25,619 |
| AE | Boys | 0 | #1,143 | 1 | 22,615 |
| MY | Boys | 0 | #1,182 | 1 | 25,439 |
| DZ | 0 | #1,234 | 1 | 20,130 | |
| ZA | Girls | 0 | #1,234 | 3 | 25,928 |
| SA | Boys | 0 | #1,691 | 1 | 28,008 |
Dillen is popular in 17 countries — most recent births per country:
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