Gender: Mostly Girl
Meaning: Fighting man's estate or Pœga's town
Origin: Old English
Popularity: Ranked #168 in 2024 with 1,812 babies born.
History: Peyton is an English place name meaning 'Pœga's town' or possibly 'fighting-man's estate,' from an Old English personal name plus 'tun.' It became a surname and later a given name in the United States. Football quarterback Peyton Manning greatly boosted its visibility as a masculine name in the late 20th and early 21st centuries.
Name length: 6 letters
How common is Peyton? About 1 in 1,493 babies born in 2024 were named Peyton, or roughly 6.1 per day in the United States.
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