Layson

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

Layson by the numbers

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

Its American peak was 19 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Layson

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 Layson. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Lawsonson of Lawrence; patronymic surname743 in the US (2017)
  • Laytonsettlement on the lea; a place name68 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Larsonson of Lars; a patronymic surname60 in the US (2017)
  • Lansonson of Lane; son of the land dweller5 in the US (2017)
  • Lason8 in the US (2017)
  • Ladson5 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Layson

Names that are said the same way as Layson, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

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