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Dillon

in California

There are 2,880 people with the last name "Dillon" in California.

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Dillon 945
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  1. is 941st most common Crane
  2. is 942nd most common Olvera
  3. is 943rd most common Angel
  4. is 944th most common Patrick
  5. is 945th most common Dillon
  6. is 946th most common Garibay
  7. is 947th most common Decker
  8. is 948th most common Aceves
  9. is 949th most common Velez

Similar Names and Nicknames

Dillard, Dill, Dilley, Dillman, Dillingham, Diller, Dills, Dillow, Dillion, Dillinger

Most Common First Names for Dillon

John, Michael, James, Robert, David, William, Thomas, Patrick, Daniel, Matthew

Meaning & History

English and French: from the Germanic personal name Dillo (of uncertain origin, perhaps a byname from the root dīl ‘destroy’), introduced to Britain from France by the Normans.

English: habitational name from Dilwyn near Hereford, recorded in 1138 as Dilun, probably from Old English dīglum, dative plural of dīgle ‘recess’, ‘retreat’, i.e. ‘at the shady or secret places’.

Irish (of Norman origin): altered form of de Leon (see Lyon).

Irish: reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Duilleáin ‘descendant of Duilleán’, a personal name, a variant of Dallán meaning ‘little blind one’.

Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): of uncertain origin; either an ornamental name from the Biblical place name Dilon (Joshua 15:38), or an altered form of Sephardic de León (see Lyon).

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