First names in Hebrew

First name Dillon: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling

דילון

Gematria value: 100

Its spelling

In Hebrew, Dillon is written דילון

Dillon is an Irish surname used as a spelling of Dylan.

Meaning and origin

What does Dillon mean?

Meaning: "great tide", "son of the sea"
Origin: Welsh

Dylan is a Welsh name, usually explained by dy, "great", and llanw, "tide, flow": "great tide", or "son of the sea". The Welsh poet Dylan Thomas made it known, and the singer Bob Dylan, born Robert Zimmerman into a Jewish family in Minnesota, took it as his stage name. It has been widely given in America and Britain since the 1990s.

Gematria

Dillon = 100

In Hebrew, every letter is also a number. Added together, the letters of the name give its value: this is gematria. דילון has 5 letters:

• דthe letter Dalet4
• יthe letter Yod10
• לthe letter Lamed30
• וthe letter Vav6
• ןthe letter final Nun50
• Total100

The verse of the name

From the letter Dalet to the letter final Nun

An ancient custom gives each person a verse: the one that begins with the first letter of their name and ends with the last. For Dillon, from ד to ן:

דַּבֵּר אֶל־בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וְאָמַרְתָּ אֲלֵהֶם כִּי־תָבֹאוּ אֶל־הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר אֲנִי נֹתֵן לָכֶם וּקְצַרְתֶּם אֶת־קְצִירָהּ וַהֲבֵאתֶם אֶת־עֹמֶר רֵאשִׁית קְצִירְכֶם אֶל־הַכֹּהֵן׃

“Speak to the children of Israel and say to them: When you come into the land that I am giving you and reap its harvest, you shall bring the first sheaf of your harvest to the priest.”

Leviticus 23:10

The book of your first name

Dillon, in nine pages

• Dillon, in Hebrew
• Letter by letter
• The number of your name
• The verse of your name
• The portrait of Dillon
• Dillon, day to day
• What tradition says about names
• The sources

Frequently asked

Dillon in three answers

How do you write Dillon in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, Dillon is written דילון. Dillon is an Irish surname used as a spelling of Dylan.

What is the gematria value of Dillon?
Written דילון, Dillon is worth 100: the letter Dalet (4) + the letter Yod (10) + the letter Lamed (30) + the letter Vav (6) + the letter final Nun (50).

What does Dillon mean?
Great tide", "son of the sea (origin: Welsh). Dylan is a Welsh name, usually explained by dy, "great", and llanw, "tide, flow": "great tide", or "son of the sea". The Welsh poet Dylan Thomas made it known, and the singer Bob Dylan, born Robert Zimmerman into a Jewish family in Minnesota, took it as his stage name. It has been widely given in America and Britain since the 1990s.