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Payton (boy)

What does Payton mean?

Payton Pronunciation of Payton as a boys' name (also used more widely as girls' name Payton) is of Old English derivation, and the meaning of the name Payton is "fighter's estate". Payton is a version of Peyton (Old English): place name.

STARTS/ENDS WITH Pa-, -ton

ASSOCIATED WITH old english, fighter (warrior), estate (home)

Variations

RELATED FORM VIA PEYTON Paden

CREATIVE FORMS
(male)

(female)


MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Payton Evan (P.E.), ..

How popular is Payton?

Payton is a rare given name for males but a very popular surname for all people (#1440 out of 150436, Top 1%). (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)

Payton reached its highest position of #219 in the U.S. in the year 2000, and is at #914 currently. (2018 U.S. SSA RECORDS)

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

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

Which version is better?

Prominent related forms of Payton (#914 FROM CURRENT RECORDS) appearing in the Top 2000 are Paden and Peyton (#401). Adoption of these relations of Payton was more pronounced among parents a decade ago (USAGE OF 0.22%) and has become much less since (USAGE 0.06%, 75%), with forms such as Peyton becoming less trendy.



Top 2000 baby names ranking of Payton, Paden, Peyton in U.S.

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

Similar Names

Payton is alike in pronunciation to Paten, Patin, Paton, Patten, Pattin and Patton. Other recommended sound-alike names are Barton, Caxton, Caydon, Cayto, Clayton, Crayton, Dalton, Danton, Darton, Daxton, Daylon, Daymon, Dayson, Daytan, Dayten, Dayton, Easton, Eaton, Eatton, Eyton, Gaeton, Galton, Garton, Gaston, Gaylon, Grayton, Halton, Haydon, Jaydon, Jaylon, Jayron, Jayson, Jayvon, Kaydon, Klayton, Lawton, Layton, Leyton, Manton, Marton, Parson, Parton, Paxon, Paxten, Paxton, Paxtun, Platon, Raydon, Raymon, Salton, Saxton, Tanton, Taylon, Tayson, Tayten, Taytin, Tayton, Teyton, Walton, Warton and Waylon. These names tend to be more frequently used than Payton.

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