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Name Leighton

Meaning:

settlement with leek-field

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About the name Leighton in particular

Gender:	female
Languages of use:	English
US 2021 rank:	#378 ... 376:Everlee, 377:Fatima, 378:Leighton, 379:Esme, 380:Raelyn ... Full US 2021 list
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:	151:Layton Scotland 2017, 183:Leighton Scotland 2013, 374:Leighton USA 2022
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
USA yearly	Graph	2022 374, 2021 378, 2020 400, 2019 414, 2018 448, 2017 467, 2016 429, 2015 472, 2014 540, 2013 540, 2012 563, 2011 525, 2010 647, 2009 674