How to say it
PAY · ton
/ˈpeɪ.tən/
Feminine
Payton
Pacca's town
What it means
A spelling of Peyton, an English place name, 'Pacca's settlement,' from a personal name plus tun.
Payton is a respelling of Peyton, an English locational surname meaning 'Pacca's town.' Like other surname-names it went unisex, but the Payton spelling leans feminine, while Peyton stays closer to the middle (Peyton Manning on the boys' side). It reads breezy and modern, with Pay as the short. Paityn is the most stylized variant.
Popularity over time
peaked at #79 in 2010, currently #440 in 2025.
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, names given to at least 5 babies in a year, 1880–present. See where the names are moving
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Payton and Peyton are the same place name; Payton leans feminine.
Spelling variants
- Peyton
- Paityn
- Paeton
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