Leyton
A boys’ name of Old English origin, meaning settlement on a meadow.
Leyton by the numbers
In 2025, 21 babies in England and Wales were named Leyton. In the US, 99 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
It is used at about the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic.
Its American peak was 144 babies in 2010, making it a 2010s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Leyton. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Laytonsettlement on the lea; a place name68 in England and Wales (2025)
- Lextonsettlement where leeks grow26 in the US (2017)
- Lleytonmeadow settlement; a form of leyton20 in the US (2017)
- Leyon7 in the US (2017)
- Lennonsmall cloak or garment; surname used as given name1,084 in the US (2017)
- Levonwhite or lion; a form of Leon114 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Leyton
Names that are said the same way as Leyton, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Leightonmeadow settlement or leek garden900 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean a meadow or field
Like Leyton, 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 Leyton
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