Given name & surname
Dill
“a perfect woman; one who is reliable”·“resembling a lion; a faithful man”
Dill is a variant of Dilys. One Welsh interpretation is “a perfect woman; one who is reliable.” Dill is a variant of Dillon. One interpretation is “resembling a lion; a faithful man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Dill is a variant of Dilys. One Welsh interpretation is “a perfect woman; one who is reliable.” Dill is a variant of Dillon. One interpretation is “resembling a lion; a faithful man.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Dill is a variant of Dilys. An origin associated with Dilys is Welsh. Dill is a variant of Dillon. An origin associated with Dillon is Germanic.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1940. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Dill through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 5 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1940
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1940. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 170 as a first name in 2020; 17,312 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Dill’s family of names
Dill has a related form in Dillon. Dill has a related form in Dilys. In German usage, Dill as a surname has a related form in DILLMANN.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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