Given name & surname
Dillin
“resembling a lion; a faithful man”
Dillin is a variant of Dillon. One interpretation is “resembling a lion; a faithful man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Dillin is a variant of Dillon. One interpretation is “resembling a lion; a faithful man.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Dillin 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 1987. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Dillin through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 545
- 545 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1992
- 42 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 2019. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 42 in 1992. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 535 as a first name in 2020; 434 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.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Dillin
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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