Dylan
Dylan is a boy name of Welsh origin, meaning Son of the sea.
What Dylan means
Son of the sea.
Dylan sits at 5 letters, and ends on a consonant, which gives it a firmer stop.
Where Dylan comes from
Welsh names come from one of the oldest continuously spoken languages in Europe, and many are rooted in Celtic myth or in the landscape itself.
Dylan is recorded as Welsh in origin. Browse other Welsh names.
How popular is Dylan?
You will not find Dylan in the top 100 boy names at the moment. Plenty of well-known names sit outside the charts; popularity measures how often a name is registered, not how good or how real it is.
The character of Dylan
Two ideas meet in Dylan: Ocean and water and the sea. Names carrying more than one theme tend to be the ones that suit a wider range of siblings.
Names like Dylan
These share Dylan's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Kai — The sea.
- Arnav — The ocean; the sea.
- Tao — Great waves.
- Cove — A sheltered bay.
- Maren — Of the sea.
- Moana — Ocean; the deep sea.
- Nerissa — From the sea.
- Pelagia — Of the open sea.
- Saylor — Boat captain; of the sea.
- Eira — Snow.
- Morgan — Sea-circle; bright sea.
- Adrian — Of the dark sea.