Clayton - name meaning, origin

The boy's name Clayton \c-lay-

is pronounced KLAYT-'en. It is of Old English origin, and its meaning is "clay settlement". Place name and surname derived from Clay.

Clayton has 5 variant forms: Claiborne, Clay, Clayborne, Clayburn and Klayton.

Baby names that sound like Clayton are Claudon, Claudan, Colton, Collton, Coleton and Galton.

Clayton is a very common first name for men (#253 out of 1220) and also a very common last name for both men and women (#468 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)

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