English · Unisex name
Layton
“from the meadow town”
About the name Layton
Layton is an English name from Old English, meaning ‘from the meadow town’. It combines leah, ‘meadow’ or ‘clearing’, with tun, ‘enclosure’ or ‘town’, and began as a place name, borne by settlements such as Layton in Lancashire. Like many such place names, it became a surname for families from those locations and was later adopted as a given name. It is used as a unisex name in English-speaking countries, though it is given more often to boys. Leighton is a related spelling with the same origin.
- Meaning
- from the meadow town
- Origin
- English
- Gender
- Unisex
- Pronunciation
- LAY-ton(2 syl.)
Variants and spellings
No common variant spellings are widely recorded.
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Middle names for Layton
- Layton James
- Layton Taylor
- Layton Morgan
- Layton Riley
- Layton Skylar
Questions about Layton
- What does Layton mean?
- Layton is an English name meaning "from the meadow town".
- How do you pronounce Layton?
- Layton is pronounced LAY-ton, with emphasis on the first syllable.
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