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dillon

/ˈdɪlən/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.47 in modern English

Syllables
dil-lon
IPA
/ˈdɪlən/
7
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Irish of Irish origin.

name

A male given name transferred from the surname.

name

A placename

name

A placename

name

A placename

name

A placename

Etymology

From the Irish surname, from Breton Leon and Norman Léon, named after Sir Henry de Leon of the Viscounty of Léon. Related to the surname Lyon. Unrelated to the name Dylan, although the homophony may result in the two being considered variant spellings of the same name.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Phrases

Dillon County

Homonyms

Dylan

Rhymes With

dylan villain macmillan mcmillan penicillin bouillon gillan millen gillen millan killen guillen

Questions

How do you pronounce dillon?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈdɪlən/.
What does dillon mean?
A surname from Irish of Irish origin.
Where does dillon come from?
It is traced to Irish.

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