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Agreeing with what a few others have stated, Dylan is a well established Welsh name that is unlikely to suffer permanently because of Dylann Roof although the spelling Dylann, which is unusual, may fade out entirely. Dylan is the name of a hero in Welsh mythology, and Bob Dylan and Dylan Thomas are other famous Dylans, so the name has some more positive associations. In fact, your post made me look up Dylan Thomas reciting his poem "And Death Shall Have No Dominion."