Peyton

Peyton \pey-ton, pe-yt-on\ is a boy's name. It consists of 6 letters and 2 syllables.

The baby boy name Peyton is also used as a girl name definition, and more commonly so. Its pronunciation is PEY-TahN ¹.

¹ Pronunciation for Peyton: P as in "pea (P.IY)" ; EY as in "ate (EY.T)" ; T as in "tee (T.IY)" ; AH as in "mud (M.AH.D)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"

What is the origin of Peyton?

Peyton is an Irish and English name of Latin, Middle English, and Old English origin. From Old English roots, its meaning is farm of Paega; peacock town - in this context, Peyton can be used in the English language. The first name is derived from the surname, which is itself from a place name from Suffolk, England. The place name could mean 'farm of Paega' in reference to an Old English name of unknown meaning, or else 'peacock town' from the elements 'pawa' (peacock) and 'tun' (town, settlement, homestead). The popularity of the name in America has been boosted by the primetime TV series Peyton Place (1960s), which was adapted from the Grace Metalious novel (1956) of the same name. See Peyton name popularity for more info. In addition, Peyton is a variant of the name name Patrick (English, French, Gaelic, German, and Irish) in the Irish language. Peyton is also a variant of the name Patton name (English). Peyton is a widely used name; it has 21 variants. Other versions comprise Paeten name variations, meaning of Paeton, baby name Paetun, name Paiten meaning, baby name Paiton, Paitun meaning, Pate meaning of name, Paten name popularity, Paton pronounciation, Patun meaning, Pay pronounciation, Payten meaning, Payton pronounciation, Paytun name popularity, short names for Peaton, Peighton name, Peyt definition, Peyten definition, meaning of Peython, name Peytonn, and Peytun definition. Peyton is popular as a baby name for boys, and it is also considered fairly trendy. The name's popularity has been increasing since the 1980s; before that, it was of irregular use only. At the modest height of its usage in 2007, 0.153% of baby boys were given the name Peyton. Its ranking then was #125. In 2010, its usage was 0.129% and its ranking #149, and it was the 2nd most popular after name Patrick, within all boy names in its group. In 2010, it was 18% more popular than Peyton. There were times from 1989 to 2007 that the name Peyton was given more often to boys, is more popular as a girl name today. In 2009, girls named Peyton outnumbered boys by 2 times.

The following famous people share the name Peyton:

• Footballer Peyton Manning, born 24 March 1976, New Orleans, Louisiana
• Politician Peyton Randolph, born September 10, 1721 - October 22, 1775, Williamsburg, Virginia.

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The baby name Peyton fun facts:

The name Peyton in reverse order is "Notyep".

The numerological value of the name Peyton is number 5, which means expansiveness, visionary, adventure, the constructive use of freedom.

How popular is Peyton?

Peyton is in the top names in USA.