Praxton
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.
Praxton by the numbers
Praxton was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 6 babies in 2013, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Praxton
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 Praxton. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Paxtonpeace settlement or town1,993 in the US (2017)
- Prestonpriest's homestead or settlement2,075 in the US (2017)
- Paytonpeace settlement or town; variant of Paxton1,922 in the US (2017)
- Pattonsettlement of patta; a warrior's place69 in the US (2017)
- Paxtynfrom the town of peace; invented spelling of Paxton59 in the US (2017)
- Paxonson of peace; a modern respelling of Paxson41 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Praxton
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