
Dillon Family Information
Dillon Name Meaning and History
- English and French: from the Germanic
personal name Dillo (of uncertain origin, perhaps
a byname from the root dil ‘destroy’), introduced
to Britain from France by the Normans.
- English: habitational name from
Dilwyn near Hereford, recorded in 1138 as Dilun,
probably from Old English diglum, dative plural
of digle ‘recess’, ‘retreat’, i.e. ‘at the shady
or secret places’.
- Irish (of Norman origin): altered
form of de Leon.
- Irish: reduced Anglicized form of
Gaelic Ó Duilleáin ‘descendant of Duilleán’, a
personal name, a variant of Dallán meaning
‘little blind one’.
- Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): of
uncertain origin; either an ornamental name from the
Biblical place name Dilon (Joshua 15:38), or an altered
form of Sephardic de León.
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Family Tree
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Dillon Master Ancestry File

NOTE: Separate data sources identify the spouse of both David Dillon and Jacob
Dillon as "Nancy Thomas". Please help clarify this discrepancy!!
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