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Lawton - Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Lawton

[ 2 syll. law-ton, la-wt-on ] The boy name Lawton is pronounced LAOTahN †. Lawton's language of origin is Old English and it is predominantly used in English. The meaning of Lawton is 'from the town or estate on the hill'. Variant forms of Lawton include Laughton (English) and Law (English).

Lawton is a rare baby boy name. At the modest peak of its usage in 1904, 0.009% of baby boys were named Lawton. It was #668 in rank then. The baby name has slipped in popularity since then, and is of only very light use today. Out of all boy names in its family, Lawton was nevertheless the most regularly used in 2008.

Baby names that sound like Lawton include Laughton (English), Ladan, Laddan, Ladon, Laydan, Layton (English), Leighton (English), Loudon (English), Lowden (English), Lyden, and Lytton (English).

 



† Pronunciation for Lawton: L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; AO as in "ought (AO.T)" ; T as in "tea (T.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"


 
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Meaning of Lawton Meaning of Laughton Meaning of Law