# Dilys

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For other uses, see [Dilys (disambiguation)](/source/Dilys_(disambiguation)).

**Dilys** is a feminine given name and [virtue name](/source/Virtue_name) of [Welsh](/source/Welsh_language) 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](/source/Dilys_Breese) (1932–2007), British filmmaker and television producer. (See also: The [Dilys Breese Medal](/source/Dilys_Breese_Medal) below.)
- [Dilys Cadwaladr](/source/Dilys_Cadwaladr) (1902–1979), Welsh poet
- [Dilys Craven](/source/Dilys_Craven) (1919–2008), Australian paediatrician
- [Dilys Grace Edmunds](/source/Dilys_Grace_Edmunds) (1879–1926), Welsh teacher in India
- [Dilys Elwyn-Edwards](/source/Dilys_Elwyn-Edwards) (1918–2012), Welsh musician
- [Dilys Hamlett](/source/Dilys_Hamlett) (1928–2002), English actress
- [Dilys Laing](/source/Dilys_Laing) (1906–1960), American poet
- [Dilys Laye](/source/Dilys_Laye) (1934–2009), English actress and screenwriter
- [Dilys Powell](/source/Dilys_Powell) (1901–1995), British journalist and writer
- [Dilys Price](/source/Dilys_Price) (1932–2020), Welsh educator, parachutist, and model
- [Dilys Rose](/source/Dilys_Rose) (born 1954), Scottish poet and writer
- [Dilys Watling](/source/Dilys_Watling) (1943–2021), English actress
- [Dilys Winn](/source/Dilys_Winn) (1939–2016), American bookseller (see also: The [Dilys Award](/source/Dilys_Award) below)

## Fictional characters

- Professor [Dilys Derwent](/source/Dilys_Derwent), a witch, healer and former headmistress of [Hogwarts](/source/Hogwarts) in the [Harry Potter](/source/Harry_Potter) book and film series
- Dilys Price, from the animated British TV series *[Fireman Sam](/source/Fireman_Sam)*

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