Breyton

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
5
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Breyton by the numbers

Breyton was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 14 babies in 2004, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Breyton

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Breyton. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Brentonsettlement of the Britons or on a steep hill155 in the US (2017)
  • Brytonfrom the settlement of the Britons64 in the US (2017)
  • Braytonbroad settlement or broad town53 in the US (2017)
  • Brettonbritons' settlement or dweller at a breton farm12 in the US (2017)
  • Bretonfrom Brittany; Breton person6 in the US (2017)
  • Brexton80 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Breyton

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