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Dillon

in Rhode Island

There are 141 people with the last name "Dillon" in Rhode Island.

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Ranking in Rhode Island

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Dillon 935
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  1. is 931st most common Roman
  2. is 932nd most common Ayotte
  3. is 933rd most common Calabro
  4. is 934th most common Desousa
  5. is 935th most common Dillon
  6. is 936th most common Malloy
  7. is 937th most common Maxwell
  8. is 938th most common Quigley
  9. is 939th most common Watts

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Dillon

James, John, Mary, Thomas, Michael, Edward, Jason, Joseph, Kevin, Patricia

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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