Paiyton

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three 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

Paiyton by the numbers

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

Its American peak was 8 babies in 2013, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Paiyton

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

  • Paytonpeace settlement or town; variant of Paxton1,922 in the US (2017)
  • Paiton20 in the US (2017)
  • Peytonfrom Paega's town; an English place name used as given name4,236 in the US (2017)
  • Paitynpeace settlement; an invented spelling of Payton282 in the US (2017)
  • Paysonson of peace; a modern respelling of Paxson114 in the US (2017)
  • Paytenpeace settlement or town; a modern respelling of Payton82 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Paiyton

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

Names about as common as Paiyton

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