Lanxton
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.
Lanxton by the numbers
Lanxton was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 6 babies in 2010, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Lanxton
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 Lanxton. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Landonlong hill; open grassy hill6,390 in the US (2017)
- Langstontall stone settlement388 in the US (2017)
- Laytonsettlement on the lea; a place name68 in England and Wales (2025)
- Lawtonsettlement on the hill or stream45 in the US (2017)
- Lextonsettlement where leeks grow26 in the US (2017)
- Langdonlong hill or long valley17 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Lanxton
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