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Dylan as a girls name?

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lchodge · 03/08/2011 17:32

Just as the subject says....thoughts?

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MelinaM · 04/08/2011 12:15

Dylan Thomas was originally pronounced Dull-un, but he chose to anglicise it to Dill-on as he got older. He famously hated Wales: "Wales is the land of my fathers, and my fathers can have it".
My cousin who is English lives in the home counties etc.. has a Dylan, pronounced Dill-on, and was rather shocked to find it should be Dull-an! Mostly I feel it's just ignorance!
I'm not welsh but do live in Wales and it really should be pro-nouced the correct way. Smile

Bob Dylan real surname is Zimmerman, he changed it to Dylan in his college days.

YouDoTheMath · 04/08/2011 21:59

I think it can be quirky to give a girl a boy's name. Like Jamie.

Plus it's an anagram of Lynda! Grin

RubyFakeNails · 04/08/2011 23:46

YES this was the name I chose for DD2 but a few weeks before the birth my house was burgled and the police came to tell me they had arrested a man called Dylan so it lost its shine. If I hadn't had that experience I definitely would have recommended it, its not that unusual in america. There was a a female DYlan on Desperate Housewives I understand and it appeared on the 2010 stats for girls. I'm a sad sad woman who checks up on all names I really like just in case Wink

BibiBelle · 05/08/2011 00:18

We have one. She is 3 and we love it. She suits it. Pronounced Dill but spelt Dylan.

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