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Dillon

in Massachusetts

There are 1,181 people with the last name "Dillon" in Massachusetts.

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Ranking in Massachusetts

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Dillon 569
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  1. is 565th most common Lowe
  2. is 566th most common Dalton
  3. is 567th most common Berube
  4. is 568th most common Devine
  5. is 569th most common Dillon
  6. is 570th most common Rego
  7. is 571st most common Rowe
  8. is 572nd most common Aguiar
  9. is 573rd most common Macleod

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Dillon

John, James, Robert, Mary, Michael, Thomas, William, David, Joseph, Mark

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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