Peyton
[ˈpeɪtən]Meaning
from an English surname, originally a place name meaning "Pǣga's town"
Background Story
Peyton comes from an English surname that was originally a place name meaning "Pǣga's town". It was a rare masculine name until the 1990s, when it was used for a female character in the 1992 film The Hand That Rocks the Cradle and began to rise in popularity for girls as well as boys. It is a variant of Payton.
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Payton
Variant of Peyton
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