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10/16/2024, 3:51 AM jocatchi
5/15/2019, 7:10 PM AngelM0113

Name Dillon
Type Surname (from given name & from location)
Usage Irish, English
Pronounced Pron. /ˈdɪl.ən/(Irish)
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Meaning & History

Could be an Irish form of the Breton surname de Léon, meaning "of Léon", an Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Duilleáen, from the given name Dallán "little blind one", or be from a Norman French personal name derived from Ancient Germanic Dillo, possibly a byname from dil- "destroy".
Added 5/15/2019 by AngelM0113