Dïl

surname · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

Dïl is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. Recorded meaning: From Ottoman Turkish دل (dil), Proto-Turkic *til, *tïl (“tongue; language”).

rarermore common
  • ALAlbania1 in 43K(measured from records)
  • DKDenmark1 in 235K
  • USUnited States1 in 299K

carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

1,113 people, 2020

Sources
83 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 43K (inferred from the name graph)

Albania

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Dil in US United States.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

From Ottoman Turkish دل (dil), Proto-Turkic *til, *tïl (“tongue; language”).

Sources 4

  • The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
  • TDK Kişi Adları Sözlüğü (official Turkish given-name dictionary)
  • Wiktionary
  • Nordic Names

Attested across 9 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Dïl counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Dïl is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States1,1131 in 299K642Dil10
BR Brazil1011 in 2.1M127——
AL Albania721 in 43K69——
PL Poland331 in 1.2M26——
DK Denmark251 in 235K15——
GY Guyana21 in 375K2——
IS Iceland11 in 351K1——

1,113 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); IBGE — Nomes (census name API); INSTAT Albania — Search the name (given-name counts); dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20); Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts); Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025; Þjóðskrá Íslands — Name frequencies (NafnTíðni, registry). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Dïl is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English given name11 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, India, Malaysia, United Kingdom

    Languages: English, German

    Also written Dil, Díl, Ďìl, Ďïļ, Ďil

  • a separate given name7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India, Pakistan, United States

    Also written Dil, Dîl, Dīl, Díl, Dĭl

4 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Dïl under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Dïl mean, and where does it come from?
From Ottoman Turkish دل (dil), Proto-Turkic *til, *tïl (“tongue; language”). Recorded by The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland and TDK Kişi Adları Sözlüğü (official Turkish given-name dictionary) and 2 other sources.
In which country does Dïl have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 1.1 thousand people named Dïl, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled dil.
Where is Dïl most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Dïl is densest in Albania — about 1 in 43 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Dïl?
In the United States, the national register counted 1,113 people named Dïl in 2020, about 1 in 299 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Dïl”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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