DYLAN  

Gender: F
Origin: Welsh
Meaning: "son of the sea"

Popularity in 2008: #532

Top 30 boys' favorite retains more of its poetic, windswept quality when used for a girl, as Robin Wright and Sean Penn did.

Variations:
Dyllon, Dyllen, Dylon, Dylin, Dylen, Dylynn, Dyllan, Dylann

Dylan is being discussed in our message boards:

• Baby Boy WDYT of the possible names?
• Favourite BOYS names!
• A brother or sister for little Jack or Olivia
• narrowing my list...need help
• my someday son..

Read Nameberry blog posts about Dylan:

• BOYS' NAMES FOR GIRLS: A Key To Success?
• HEY, JUDE: Names from the Beatles and beyond
• MIDDLE NAMES: THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX
• U NAME IT: Utterly unusual, unique and underused 'U' names
• THE SOFTER SIDE OF BOYS' NAMES