Meaning and background
The story behind Dillon
Dillon is often encountered as a modern English given name and is documented as a variant spelling of the Welsh name Dylan. There is also an older family name Dillon with a different historical origin: the two should not be conflated. The Welsh name is associated with a figure in the Mabinogi and with imagery of the tide. A two-syllable Dillon is easy to call without forcing one literal translation onto the surname.
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About Dillon
Recorded as a dog’s name
Dillon appears in 4 dog licence records in the 2026 New York City dataset.
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Pronunciation and rhythm
/dɪlən/
US English sound sequence, converted from the CMU dictionary. Stress marks are shown separately.
Stress on the first syllable in the recorded US readings.
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/dɪlən/ · primary stress on syllable 1D IH1 L AH0 N
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Sources and research notes (2)
- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene NYC Dog Licensing Dataset — extract_year 2026 — Dog licence periods, not unique dogs; NYC only. No owner-level fields retrieved.
- Carnegie Mellon University / CMU Sphinx maintainers CMU US English Pronouncing Dictionary — US English dictionary readings; not owner-specific or exhaustive multilingual pronunciation
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