Dilys
Dilys is a feminine given name and virtue name of Welsh origin, which translates into English as genuine, steadfast, valid, true or perfect. It seems to have first appeared in the mid-nineteenth century.
The name may refer to:
People
- Dilys Breese, British filmmaker and television producer.
- Dilys Cadwaladr, Welsh poet
- Dilys Craven, Australian paediatrician
- Dilys Grace Edmunds, Welsh teacher in India
- Dilys Elwyn-Edwards, Welsh musician
- Dilys Hamlett, English actress
- Dilys Laing, American poet
- Dilys Laye, English actress and screenwriter
- Dilys Powell, British journalist and writer
- Dilys Price, Welsh educator, parachutist, and model
- Dilys Rose, Scottish poet and writer
- Dilys Watling, English actress
- Dilys Winn, American bookseller
Fictional characters
- Professor Dilys Derwent, a witch, healer and former headmistress of Hogwarts in the Harry Potter book and film series
- Dilys Price, from the animated British TV series Fireman Sam
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