Peyten

A unisex name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 7 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
7
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Peyten by the numbers

Peyten was given to 7 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 45 babies in 2011, so it is a 2010s name that has since fallen a long way.

What we can tell you about Peyten

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

  • Peytonfrom Paega's town; an English place name used as given name4,236 in the US (2017)
  • Peytin7 in the US (2017)
  • Paytonpeace settlement or town; variant of Paxton1,922 in the US (2017)
  • Payden38 in the US (2017)
  • Paxten19 in the US (2017)
  • Peyson8 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Peyten

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

  • Peightonpeasant's settlement; a respelling of Payton117 in the US (2017)
  • Peytynvariant of Peyton; settlement of Paega5 in the US (2017)
  • Peytan8 in the US (2017)
  • Peightyn6 in the US (2017)
  • Peytynn6 in the US (2017)
  • Petehn5 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Peyten

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