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Dayton

What does Dayton mean?

Dayton Pronunciation of Dayton as a boys' name is of Old English origin. Place name, possibly meaning "Day's settlement" or "David's settlement". Also a city in Ohio. Also form of Davis.

STARTS/ENDS WITH Da-, -ton

ASSOCIATED WITH old english

Variations

VARIANTS Daytan, Dayten

CREATIVE FORMS
(male)

(female)


MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Dayton Edmond (D.E.), ..

How popular is Dayton?

Dayton is a rare given name for men but a very popular surname for all people (#3957 out of 150436, Top 3%). (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)

Dayton reached its peak position of #486 in the U.S. in 2008, and is presently at #843. (TOP BABY NAMES, 2018)

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Dayton name in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Dayton outside U.S.

Which version is better?

The only other prominent varying form of Dayton (#843 THE PREVIOUS YEAR) is Davis (#507). These forms of Dayton were favored 10 years ago (MEDIAN #446) and are somewhat less conventional today. Davis has historically been the top pick of parents.



Top 2000 baby names ranking of Dayton, Davis in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Dayton and related baby names outside U.S.


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