Laythan
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 13 babies a year in the US.
Laythan by the numbers
Laythan was given to 13 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 24 babies in 2009, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Laythan
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 Laythan. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Lathanfrom the farmstead; a variant of Latham122 in the US (2017)
- Laithan9 in the US (2017)
- Laytonsettlement on the lea; a place name68 in England and Wales (2025)
- Laythlion81 in England and Wales (2025)
- Lathamfrom the barn or farmstead21 in the US (2017)
- Lakshanmarked; having a sign or symbol5 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Laythan
Names that are said the same way as Laythan, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Names about as common as Laythan
Nobody has voted for Laythan yet
Vote for Laythan and put it up against all the other baby names
Vote for Laythan