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 [ 2 syll. pey-ton, pe-yt-on ] The girl name Peyton is also used as a boy name, and more frequently so. It is pronounced PEYTahN KEY. Peyton is of Old English origin and it is used mainly in English. The name Peyton means 'farm of Paega; peacock town'. Derived from pawa which means 'peacock' ; tun which means 'town, settlement, homestead'. Interestingly, the name grew in popularity at the same time as the release of the film The Hand that Rocks the Cradle (1992), in which the evil nanny has the alias Peyton Flanders. See Peyton for more info. A form of the name is the English Payton. Peyton is popular as a baby girl name, and it is also regarded as trendy. The name has been growing in popularity since the 1990s; prior to that, it was of only very modest use. Its usage peaked recently in 2008 with 0.228% of baby girls being named Peyton. It had a ranking of #60 then. Among all girl names in its family, Peyton was the most popular in 2008. Peyton was 31% more widely used than the next ranked name, the English Payton, in that year. Though there were times from 1992 to 2004 when more girls than boys were given the name Peyton, the name is today more frequently used for boys. There were 15% more boys than girls who were named Peyton in 2007. Baby names that sound like Peyton include the English names Payton and Petunia. KEY: Pronunciation for Peyton: P as in "pee (P.IY)" ; EY as in "ate (EY.T)" ; T as in "tea (T.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"   |
