Gender: Boy
Meaning: Son of the sea; great tide
Origin: Welsh — from Dylan (דילן): dy (great) + llanw (tide, sea)
Popularity: Ranked #2511 in 2024 with 54 babies born.
History: A variant or related form of Dylan. Shares the meaning 'Son of the sea; great tide.'
Similar names: nylani, naylani, naylanie, neylan, neylani, nyland, nylanii, nyan
Name length: 5 letters
How common is Nylan? About 1 in 61,639 babies born in 2024 were named Nylan, or roughly 0.1 per day in the United States.
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