Etymology

Dillon

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Today it means: A surname from Irish of Irish origin. Full definition →

Breton Leon ← Norman Léon
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The story

  1. Norman · derived fromLéon
  2. Breton · derived fromLeon
  3. English todayDillon

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.

Words from the same roots

BretonLeon all →

Leon

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.