Heaton
A boys’ name of Old English origin, meaning estate on a heath.
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
Heaton by the numbers
Heaton was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 10 babies in 2009, making it a 2000s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Heaton. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Hestonbrushwood settlement; place name used as given name55 in the US (2017)
- Hectorholding fast or steadfast1,070 in the US (2017)
- Heavensky; the abode of god967 in the US (2017)
- Heathdweller on the heath or moorland61 in England and Wales (2025)
- Huxtonsettlement from Hugh's name; a form of Huston49 in the US (2017)
- Holtonwood on a promontory or hollow43 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean a meadow or field
Like Heaton, each of these has a meadow or field in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Rileyvaliant; rye clearing7,797 in the US (2017)
- Braydenbroad valley; a modern respelling of Braden5,153 in the US (2017)
- Bentleymeadow of bent grass3,945 in the US (2017)
- Haydenvalley with hay3,623 in the US (2017)
- Wesleywestern meadow3,607 in the US (2017)
- Ryleerye clearing; a respelling of Ryley2,971 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Heaton
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