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What does Peyton mean?
Peyton ▼ as a boys' name (also used more commonly as girls' name Peyton) is pronounced PAY-ten. It is of Old English origin, and the meaning of Peyton is "fighter's estate". Place name. Possibly related to Patrick or Patton. Football players Walter Payton, Peyton Manning; basketball player Gary %3.
ASSOCIATED WITH old english, fighter (warrior), estate (home)
Variations
SEE ALSO Tayton
OTHER FORMS VIA PATRICK, PATTON Paten, Patin, Paton, Patten, Pattin, Patton
CREATIVE FORMS(male)
(female)
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Peyton Bo (P.B.), ..
How popular is Peyton?
Peyton is a rare first name for males but a very popular surname for all people (#3344 out of 150436, Top 2%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)
Peyton reached its peak rank of #125 in the U.S. in 2007, and is presently at #401. (2018 BIRTH STATISTICS)
Which version is better?
Patrick (#189 IN RECENT RANKINGS), Payton (#914), Paden and Tayton are the prominent related forms of Peyton (#401) ranked in the Top 2000. Other forms, like Paten, are uncommon. Usage of these forms of Peyton reached its apex in the year 1991 (AVERAGE #1084) and is now much diminished (#1100, ▼72%), with versions such as Peyton becoming somewhat dated.
Similar Names
Recommended sound-alike names are Belton, Benton, Berton, Beyron, Dayton, Delton, Deston, Dexton, Deyon, Eyton, Felton, Fenton, Jeston, Keaton, Keeton, Kelton, Kenton, Layton▲, Leyton, Merton▼, Newton▼, Parton, Paxton▲, Person, Platon, Preston, Renton, Rexton, Seaton, Seeton, Sefton, Seton, Sexton, Teytan, Teyten, Teytin, Teyton, Welton and Weston▲. These names tend to be more commonly used than Peyton.
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