Dylan (name)

Dylan is a given name and surname of Welsh origin. It means "son of the sea” or "born from the ocean".^[1] Dylan ail Don was a character in Welsh mythology, but the popularity of Dylan as a given name in modern times arises from the poet Dylan Thomas. In Wales, it was the most popular Welsh name given to boys in 2010.^[2]

People with the given name

Male

• Dylan Ainsworth (born 1992), Canadian football player
• Dylan Alcott (born 1990), Australian wheelchair tennis & basketball player
• Dylan Arnold (born 1994), American actor
• Dylan Axelrod (born 1985), American professional baseball player
• Dylan Baker (born 1959), American actor
• Dylan Brody (born 1964), American writer
• Dylan Brown (born 2000), New Zealand NRL player
• Dylan Bruce (born 1980), Canadian actor
• Dylan Bundy (born 1992), American baseball player
• Dylan Cantrell (born 1994), American football player
• Dylan Carlson (baseball) (born 1998), American baseball player
• Dylan Cease (born 1995), American baseball player
• Dylan Coleman (born 1996), American baseball player
• Dylan Cook (born 1998), American football player
• Dylan Cramer (born 1958), Canadian musician
• Dylan Disu (born 2000), American basketball player
• Dylan Dodd (born 1998), American baseball player
• Dylan Donahue (born 1992), American football player
• Dylan Drummond (born 2000), American football player
• Dylan Duke (born 2003), American ice hockey player
• Dylan Everett (born 1995), Canadian actor
• Dylan Floro (born 1990), American baseball player
• Dylan Groenewegen (born 1993), Dutch professional road racing cyclist
• Dylan Holloway (born 2001), Canadian ice hockey player
• Dylan Horton (born 2000), American football player
• Dylan Howe (born 1969), English musician
• Dylan M. Jenkins (born 1971), Indigenous (Cree) Two-Spirit Knowledge Keeper, storyteller and motivational speaker
• Dylan Klebold (1981–1999), American mass murderer (one of the perpetrators of the Columbine High School massacre)
• Dylan Kwasniewski (born 1995), American NASCAR driver
• Dylan Larkin (born 1996), American ice hockey player
• Dylan Laube, American football player
• Dylan Lee (born 1994), American baseball player
• Dylan Lewis (born 1973), Australian television and radio personality
• Dylan Llewellyn, English actor
• Dylan Lupton (born 1993), American racing driver
• Dylan Mabin (born 1997), American football player
• Dylan McDermott (born 1961), American actor
• Dylan McMahon (born 2001), American football player
• Dylan Mills (born 1985), English rapper, known professionally as Dizzee Rascal
• Dylan Minnette (born 1996), American actor, singer, and musician
• Dylan Moore (born 1992), American baseball player
• Dylan Moran (born 1971), Irish comedian
• Dylan Moscovitch (born 1984), Canadian Olympic medalist pair skater
• Dylan Moses (born 1998), American football player
• Dylan Murnane (born 1995), Australian footballer
• Dylan Napa (born 1992), Australian rugby league player
• Dylan Neal (born 1969), Canadian actor
• Dylan O'Brien (born 1991), American actor and occasional musician
• Dylan Peacock (born 2001), Gibraltarian association football player
• Dylan Ratigan (born 1972), American television journalist
• Dylan Reese (born 1984), American ice hockey player
• Dylan River, Australian filmmaker
• Dylann Roof (born 1994), American perpetrator of the Charleston church shooting
• Dylan Sampson (born 2004), American football player
• Dylan Smith (Australian rules footballer) (born 1982), Australian rules footballer
• Dylan Smith (businessman) (born 1985), American businessman
• Dylan Riley Snyder (born 1997), American actor, singer, dancer
• Dylan Sprayberry (born 1998), American actor
• Dylan Sprouse (born 1992), American actor
• Dylan Strome (born 1997), Canadian ice hockey player
• Dylan Thomas (1914–1953), Welsh poet
• Dylan Teuns (born 1992), Belgian racing cyclist
• Dylan van Baarle (born 1992), Dutch racing cyclist
• Dylan Walsh (born 1963), American actor
• Dylan Wang (born 1998), Chinese actor (王鶴棣)
• Dylan Windler (born 1996), American basketball player
• Dylan Wynn (born 1993), American football player
• Dylan Williams, multiple people

Female

• Dylann Ceriani, American volleyball player
• Dylan Dreyer (born 1981), American meteorologist
• Dylan Farrow (born 1985), adopted daughter of Mia Farrow
• Dylan Gelula (born 1994), American actress
• Dylan Lauren (born 1974), American entrepreneur, owner of Dylan's Candy Bar (daughter of Ralph Lauren)
• Dylan Mulvaney (born 1996), American actress and internet celebrity
• Dylan Penn (born 1991), American model and actress (daughter of Sean Penn and Robin Wright)

People with the surname

• Bob Dylan (born 1941), American composer and performer (born Robert Zimmerman)
• Ellie Dylan (born 1952), American executive
• Jakob Dylan (born 1969), American singer-songwriter, lead singer of the rock band The Wallflowers (son of Bob and Sara Dylan)
• Jesse Dylan (born 1966), American film director, eldest son of Bob Dylan and Sara Dylan
• Sara Dylan (born 1939), American actress, first wife of Bob Dylan
• Sarah X Dylan (born 1980), American radio and television personality
• Whitney Dylan (born 1976), American television and film actress

Fictional characters

• Dylan, a hippy rabbit in The Magic Roundabout
• Dylan, one of the characters from 101 Dalmatian Street
• Dylan Ail Don, a Celtic mythological figure in Wales
• Dylan Dog, main character of the eponymous comic series
• Dylan Faden, character in the videogame Control (video game)
• Dylan Keogh, a main character in BBC medical drama Casualty, played by Will Beck
• Dylan Marvil, in The Clique series
• Dylan Mayfair, played by Lyndsy Fonseca in Desperate Housewives
• Dylan McKay, played by Luke Perry on Beverly Hills 90210
• Dylan Michalchuk, on the TV series Degrassi: The Next Generation
• Dylan Morton, a character from the Dino Crisis games
• Dylan "Dil" Pickles, cartoon character from Rugrats and All Grown Up!
• Dylan Rhodes, played by Mark Ruffalo in Now You See Me
• Dylan Sanders, character played by Drew Barrymore in the movie Charlie's Angels (2000 film) and its sequel Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle
• Dylan Schoenfield, main character of the book Geek Charming by Robin Palmer and its 2011 film adaptation, Geek Charming
• Dylan West, a.k.a. Houdini, from the 2006 live-action film Zoom

Other uses

• See Dylan (disambiguation)

References

1. Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru. Vol. difethedig–ffrwythog. University of Wales. 2006. p. 2202. Archived from the original on 2005-12-03. Retrieved 2012-09-27.
2. "Boys Name Dylan". 8 April 2012. Retrieved 8 April 2012.