Dylan (name)
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Dylan is a Welsh
male given name. It is the traditional approach of spelling the name. It is derived from the elements dy, meaning "great" and llanw, meaning "sea". It is usually a given name
in Wales
, and in Welsh the first syllable is most often pronounced closer to "dull" than to "dill", thus ˈdəlan rather than English ˈdɪlən.
Welsh language
Welsh is a member of the Brythonic branch of the Celtic languages spoken natively in Wales, by some along the Welsh border in England, and in Y Wladfa...
male given name. It is the traditional approach of spelling the name. It is derived from the elements dy, meaning "great" and llanw, meaning "sea". It is usually a given name
Given name
A given name, in Western contexts often referred to as a first name, is a personal name that specifies and differentiates between members of a group of individuals, especially in a family, all of whose members usually share the same family name...
in Wales
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
, and in Welsh the first syllable is most often pronounced closer to "dull" than to "dill", thus ˈdəlan rather than English ˈdɪlən.
People with the first (given) name Dylan
- Dylan ArmstrongDylan ArmstrongDylan Armstrong is a Canadian shot putter born and raised in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada.-Career:Armstrong achieved a personal best, and Canadian record at that time, of 21.04 meters at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he finished fourth, missing out on a medal by a single...
, Canadian shot putter - Dylan BakerDylan BakerDylan Baker is an American actor, known for playing supporting roles in both major studio and independent films.-Early life:...
, American actor - Dyllan ChristopherDyllan ChristopherDyllan Christopher is an American actor. He played in one of five major roles in the 2006 film Unaccompanied Minors as Spencer, the leader of a group of kids who get stuck in an airport on Christmas. He worked alongside Quinn Shephard and Tyler James Williams. He acted in Disney Channel's ID...
, American actor - Dylan CramerDylan CramerDylan Cramer is a Canadian jazz musician.Cramer took up the saxophone at age 13. Four years later Cramer heard a recording of alto sax great Sonny Criss and traveled from Canada to Los Angeles to befriend his mentor and study with him. After developing a close relationship with Criss, Sonny Criss...
, Canadian musician - Dylan HoweDylan HoweDylan Lee Howe is a jazz drummer, bandleader, session musician and composer.- Early life :Howe grew up in Hampstead, London, and is the eldest son of Yes guitarist Steve Howe....
, English musician - Dylan Klebold, Columbine perpetrator
- Dylan LaurenDylan LaurenDylan Lauren is the daughter of clothing designer Ralph Lauren, and the owner of Dylan's Candy Bar, the largest candy store in the world, based in New York City.-Life and career:...
, Owner of Dylan's Candy Bar (daughter of Ralph Lauren) - Dylan LewisDylan LewisDylan Lewis is an Australian television and radio personality.-Personal life:He was educated at Caulfield Grammar School, graduating in 1990, and studied for a Bachelor of Education in Drama and Music degree at the University of Melbourne. John Bannon, former South Australian premier is Dylan's...
, Australian television and radio personality - Dylan McDermottDylan McDermottMark Anthony McDermott , better known by his professional name of Dylan McDermott, is an American actor, known for his role as lawyer and law firm head Bobby Donnell on the television legal drama The Practice and his role in the series Dark Blue as Lt. Carter Shaw. McDermott currently stars in FX...
, American actor - Dylan Mills, better known as Dizzee RascalDizzee RascalDylan Kwabena Mills , better known by his stage name Dizzee Rascal, is a Ghanaian British rapper, songwriter and record producer. His music is a blend of garage, hip hop, grime, ragga, pop and electronic music, with eclectic samples and more exotic styles...
, English rapper - Dylan MoranDylan MoranDylan Moran is an Irish stand-up comedian, writer, actor and filmmaker. He is best known for his sardonic observational comedy, the UK television sitcom Black Books , and his work with Simon Pegg in Shaun of the Dead and Run Fatboy Run...
, Irish comedian - Dylan NealDylan NealDylan J. Neal is a Canadian actor who has appeared in a large number of television shows and in feature films. He is best known for role as Dylan Shaw on The Bold and The Beautiful from 1994 to 1997 and his supporting role as Pacey Witter's older brother, Doug on the American television drama...
, Canadian actor - Dylan ReeseDylan ReeseDylan Paul Reese is an ice hockey defenseman currently playing in the New York Islanders organization.-Playing career:Reese was drafted 209th overall in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft by the New York Rangers. He played collegiate hockey with Harvard of the ECAC where he won two conference championships...
, American NHL ice hockey player - Dylan SmithDylan Smith (actor)Dylan Daniel Smith is an American actor. He appeared in the films One Hour Photo and Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, and also guest starred on Gilmore Girls.-Personal life:...
, American actor - Dylan Riley SnyderDylan Riley SnyderDylan Riley Snyder is an American film, television and musical theatre performer. Beginning his acting career in community theatre at the age of five, Snyder is known for his acting, singing, and dancing abilities, starring as "Young Tarzan" in the 2006 Broadway musical, Tarzan, as "Timmy" in the...
, American actor, singer, dancer - Dylan Sprouse, American actor
- Dylan RatiganDylan RatiganDylan Jason Ratigan is an American television host primarily covering financial markets, the global economy, and politics. He is host of The Dylan Ratigan Show which airs weekday afternoons on MSNBC. He is also a frequent contributor on The Huffington Post.- Early life :Ratigan was born in the...
, American television journalist - Dylan ThomasDylan ThomasDylan Marlais Thomas was a Welsh poet and writer, Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 11 January 2008. who wrote exclusively in English. In addition to poetry, he wrote short stories and scripts for film and radio, which he often performed himself...
, Welsh poet
People with the surname Dylan
- Bob DylanBob DylanBob Dylan is an American singer-songwriter, musician, poet, film director and painter. He has been a major and profoundly influential figure in popular music and culture for five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when he was an informal chronicler and a seemingly...
, American composer and performer - Jakob DylanJakob DylanJakob Luke Dylan is the lead singer and songwriter of the rock band The Wallflowers and is a son of singer-songwriter Bob Dylan and Sara Dylan. He has also recorded two solo albums.-Personal life:...
, youngest son of Bob and Sara Dylan and lead singer of The Wallflowers - Jesse DylanJesse DylanJesse Dylan is an American film director, and the founder, CEO and creative director of the media production company Wondros.-Personal Life:...
, eldest son of Bob and Sara Dylan - Sara DylanSara DylanSara Dylan , born Shirley Marlin Noznisky and later known as Sara Lownds, was the first wife of singer-songwriter Bob Dylan and mother of singer Jakob Dylan. She was married to Bob Dylan from November 1965 until June 1977.-Early life:Little is known about Sara Dylan's early life or family...
, first wife of Bob Dylan
Names in fiction
- Dylan Ail Don, a Celtic mythological figure in Wales.
- Dylan the rabbit, a character in The Magic RoundaboutThe Magic RoundaboutThe Magic Roundabout was a children's television programme created in France in 1963 by Serge Danot...
- Dylan DogDylan DogDylan Dog is an Italian horror comics series featuring an eponymous character created by Tiziano Sclavi for the publishing house Sergio Bonelli Editore...
, main character of the eponymous comic series - Dylan Hodge, character from the sixth series of the BBC's Waterloo RoadWaterloo Road (TV series)Waterloo Road is an award-winning British television drama series, first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 9 March 2006. Set in a troubled comprehensive school in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, the series focuses on the lives of the school's teacher and students, and confronts social...
- Dylan HuntDylan HuntDylan Hunt is the name of two fictional characters created for television by Gene Roddenberry.Both characters are men who unwittingly move forward in time by hundreds of years, finding themselves trapped in a post-apocalyptic "Dark Age"...
, several science fiction characters - Dylan 'Dil' PicklesDil PicklesDylan Prescott "Dil" Pickles is a fictional character. He is the younger brother of Tommy Pickles, younger son of Stu and Didi Pickles, and younger cousin of Angelica Pickles in the Nickelodeon film The Rugrats Movie, who later appeared in the show Rugrats, on which the film is based, and its...
, cartoon character from Rugrats and All Grown Up! - Dylan Marvil, a character in The Clique series
- Dylan Michalchuk, a fictional character on the TV series Degrassi: The Next Generation
- Dylan SandersDylan SandersDylan Sanders is a fictional private investigator portrayed by Drew Barrymore in the films Charlie's Angels and Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle...
, played by Drew Barrymore in Charlie's Angels - Dylan Mayfair, played by Lyndsy Fonseca in Desperate Housewives
- Dylan, played by Patrick Dempsey in Transformers: Dark of the Moon