Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.
DILLON
There are approximately 12,089 people named Dillon in the UK. That makes it the 843rd most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 191 are named Dillon.
Region of origin
British Isles
Country of origin
Ireland
Language of origin
Gaelic
Religion of origin
Christian
Classification
Celtic
Related and similar surnames
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Dillan
Dhillon
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Ddilon
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Dihlun
Dillens
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Dillian
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Dileon
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Dilaon
Dilleuny
Dillien
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The Dillon surname in historical dictionaries
An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857)
From the Welsh Dillyn, handsome, gallant, brave, fine.
Patronymica Britannica (1860)
DILLON. The common ancestor of the noble Dillons of Ii'eland was Henry Dillon, who settled in that country in the year 1185. King John, while Earl of Mortain, gave him immense tracts of laud about Drumrany, wliich were afterwards collectiA'ely known as Dillon's country. See Geneal. Hist, of the Fam. of Brabazon, p. 17. Nothing seems to be known of the ancestors of this personage or of the origin of the name.
Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.