Dylan is from the Welsh *dy* (great) + *llanw* (tide) — son of the sea, the legendary Welsh sea-god mentioned in the Mabinogion. **A top-1000 US baby name (girls) since 2003**. **Bob Dylan (born Robert Allen Zimmerman, 1941)** — male; American singer-songwriter; Nobel Prize in Literature (2016) for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition — making him the first songwriter to win the Nobel Prize for Literature; *Blowin' in the Wind* (1963), *The Times They Are a-Changin'* (1964), *Like a Rolling Stone* (1965 — voted #1 song of all time by Rolling Stone), *Knockin' on Heaven's Door* (1973); over 125 million records sold worldwide; Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (1988); Presidential Medal of Freedom (2012); 10 Grammy Awards. **Dylan Thomas (1914-1953)** — male; Welsh poet; *A Child's Christmas in Wales* (1952), *Under Milk Wood* (1954 — radio play); his iconic *Do not go gentle into that good night* (1947) is one of the most-quoted modern English-language poems. **Dylan Mulvaney (born 1996)** — American TikTok personality. **Dylan Sprouse (born 1992)** — male; American actor. **Dylan Penn (born 1991)** — model.
Featured throughout Welsh mythology and American culture.
Dylan reduces to two.