Payton

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proper noun

A habitational surname from Old English.

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Meanings

proper nounPayton (plural Paytons)

plural Paytons · alternative Peyton

  1. A habitational surname from Old English.
  2. A unisex given name:
    1. A male given name transferred from the surname.
    2. A female given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage.

Origin

Habitational surname from a minor place in Sussex, from the Old English personal name Pǣga + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Yapton
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APA

Payton. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Payton

MLA

“Payton.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Payton. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Payton,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Payton.

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