Dylan (name)

Dylan is a given name and surname of Welsh origin. It means "son of the sea” or "born from the ocean". Dylan ail Don was a character in Welsh mythology, but the popularity of Dylan as a given name in modern times arises from the poet Dylan Thomas. In Wales, it was the most popular Welsh name given to boys in 2010.

Male

 * Dylan Ainsworth (born 1992), Canadian football player
 * Dylan Alcott (born 1990), Australian wheelchair tennis & basketball player
 * Dylan Arnold (born 1994), American actor
 * Dylan Axelrod (born 1985), American professional baseball player
 * Dylan Baker (born 1959), American actor
 * Dylan Brody (born 1964), American writer
 * Dylan Brown (born 2000), New Zealand NRL player
 * Dylan Bruce (born 1980), Canadian actor
 * Dylan Bundy (born 1992), American baseball player
 * Dylan Cantrell (born 1994), American football player
 * Dylan Carlson (baseball) (born 1998), American baseball player
 * Dylan Cease (born 1995), American baseball player
 * Dylan Coleman (born 1996), American baseball player
 * Dylan Cook (born 1998), American football player
 * Dylan Cramer (born 1958), Canadian musician
 * Dylan Disu (born 2000), American basketball player
 * Dylan Dodd (born 1998), American baseball player
 * Dylan Donahue (born 1992), American football player
 * Dylan Drummond (born 2000), American football player
 * Dylan Duke (born 2003), American ice hockey player
 * Dylan Everett (born 1995), Canadian actor
 * Dylan Floro (born 1990), American baseball player
 * Dylan Groenewegen (born 1993), Dutch professional road racing cyclist
 * Dylan Holloway (born 2001), Canadian ice hockey player
 * Dylan Horton (born 2000), American football player
 * Dylan Howe (born 1969), English musician
 * Dylan M. Jenkins (born 1971), Indigenous (Cree) Two-Spirit Knowledge Keeper, storyteller and motivational speaker
 * Dylan Klebold (1981–1999), American mass murderer (one of the perpetrators of the Columbine High School massacre)
 * Dylan Kwasniewski (born 1995), American NASCAR driver
 * Dylan Larkin (born 1996), American ice hockey player
 * Dylan Laube, American football player
 * Dylan Lee (born 1994), American baseball player
 * Dylan Lewis (born 1973), Australian television and radio personality
 * Dylan Llewellyn, English actor
 * Dylan Lupton (born 1993), American racing driver
 * Dylan Mabin (born 1997), American football player
 * Dylan McDermott (born 1961), American actor
 * Dylan McMahon (born 2001), American football player
 * Dylan Mills (born 1985), English rapper, known professionally as Dizzee Rascal
 * Dylan Minnette (born 1996), American actor, singer, and musician
 * Dylan Moore (born 1992), American baseball player
 * Dylan Moran (born 1971), Irish comedian
 * Dylan Moscovitch (born 1984), Canadian Olympic medalist pair skater
 * Dylan Moses (born 1998), American football player
 * Dylan Murnane (born 1995), Australian footballer
 * Dylan Napa (born 1992), Australian rugby league player
 * Dylan Neal (born 1969), Canadian actor
 * Dylan O'Brien (born 1991), American actor and occasional musician
 * Dylan Peacock (born 2001), Gibraltarian association football player
 * Dylan Ratigan (born 1972), American television journalist
 * Dylan Reese (born 1984), American ice hockey player
 * Dylan River, Australian filmmaker
 * Dylann Roof (born 1994), American perpetrator of the Charleston church shooting
 * Dylan Sampson (born 2004), American football player
 * Dylan Smith (Australian rules footballer) (born 1982), Australian rules footballer
 * Dylan Smith (businessman) (born 1985), American businessman
 * Dylan Riley Snyder (born 1997), American actor, singer, dancer
 * Dylan Sprayberry (born 1998), American actor
 * Dylan Sprouse (born 1992), American actor
 * Dylan Strome (born 1997), Canadian ice hockey player
 * Dylan Thomas (1914–1953), Welsh poet
 * Dylan Teuns (born 1992), Belgian racing cyclist
 * Dylan van Baarle (born 1992), Dutch racing cyclist
 * Dylan Walsh (born 1963), American actor
 * Dylan Wang (born 1998), Chinese actor (王鶴棣)
 * Dylan Windler (born 1996), American basketball player
 * Dylan Wynn (born 1993), American football player
 * Dylan Williams, multiple people

Female

 * Dylann Ceriani, American volleyball player
 * Dylan Dreyer (born 1981), American meteorologist
 * Dylan Farrow (born 1985), adopted daughter of Mia Farrow
 * Dylan Gelula (born 1994), American actress
 * Dylan Lauren (born 1974), American entrepreneur, owner of Dylan's Candy Bar (daughter of Ralph Lauren)
 * Dylan Mulvaney (born 1996), American actress and internet celebrity
 * Dylan Penn (born 1991), American model and actress (daughter of Sean Penn and Robin Wright)

People with the surname

 * Bob Dylan (born 1941), American composer and performer (born Robert Zimmerman)
 * Ellie Dylan (born 1952), American executive
 * Jakob Dylan (born 1969), American singer-songwriter, lead singer of the rock band The Wallflowers (son of Bob and Sara Dylan)
 * Jesse Dylan (born 1966), American film director, eldest son of Bob Dylan and Sara Dylan
 * Sara Dylan (born 1939), American actress, first wife of Bob Dylan
 * Sarah X Dylan (born 1980), American radio and television personality
 * Whitney Dylan (born 1976), American television and film actress

Fictional characters

 * Dylan, a hippy rabbit in The Magic Roundabout
 * Dylan, one of the characters from 101 Dalmatian Street
 * Dylan Ail Don, a Celtic mythological figure in Wales
 * Dylan Dog, main character of the eponymous comic series
 * Dylan Faden, character in the videogame Control (video game)
 * Dylan Keogh, a main character in BBC medical drama Casualty, played by Will Beck
 * Dylan Marvil, in The Clique series
 * Dylan Mayfair, played by Lyndsy Fonseca in Desperate Housewives
 * Dylan McKay, played by Luke Perry on Beverly Hills 90210
 * Dylan Michalchuk, on the TV series Degrassi: The Next Generation
 * Dylan Morton, a character from the Dino Crisis games
 * Dylan "Dil" Pickles, cartoon character from Rugrats and All Grown Up!
 * Dylan Rhodes, played by Mark Ruffalo in Now You See Me
 * Dylan Sanders, character played by Drew Barrymore in the movie Charlie's Angels (2000 film) and its sequel Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle
 * Dylan Schoenfield, main character of the book Geek Charming by Robin Palmer and its 2011 film adaptation, Geek Charming
 * Dylan West, a.k.a. Houdini, from the 2006 live-action film Zoom

Other uses

 * See Dylan (disambiguation)