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Name Leighton

Meaning:

settlement with leek-field

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About the name Leighton in particular

Gender:	male
Languages of use:	English
US 2024 rank:	not in the Top 1000; other popularity lists see below
Similarly written:	Leighton Details

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About Layton/Layton, the group of names with the same origin as Leighton

Meaning/translation:	settlement with leek-field
Language of origin:	Old English
Info about origin, male:	from a family name itself derived from a place name with a literal meaning of leek settlement
Words:	leac = the leek (a vegetable) Old English
	tun = the town, the settlement, the homestead Old English
Topics:	Family name, Geographic name
Variants' top ranks:	144:Layton Scotland 2024, 183:Leighton Scotland 2013, 357:Leighton USA 2023
Old/original forms:	Leactun Old English
Name variants:	Leighton, Layton, Leighton Sortable list Details

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Popularity lists that contain the name Leighton

Series	Graph	Rankings
Scotland	Graph	2017 186, 2015 198, 2013 183, 2012 185, 2011 194
USA yearly	Graph	2023 963, 2022 819, 2021 841, 2020 740, 2019 691, 2018 833, 2017 903, 2016 852, 2015 855, 2014 892, 2011 916, 2010 922