Payton (given name)
Payton is a given name in use in English speaking countries. One source indicates the name comes from a surname derived from a place name meaning "Pœga's town" in Old English. Another source indicates the name means "fighting man's estate".
The name is popular for both boys and girls in the United States. It was the 278th most popular name for American boys born there in 2007 and the 152nd most popular name for girls. It was the 85th most popular name for girls born in British Columbia, Canada in 2006. Peyton, a spelling variant, was the 125th most popular name for boys born in 2007 in the United States and the 121st most popular name for girls.
Notable people with the given name Payton include
- Payton Banks, American professional wrestler
- Payton Chadwick, American heptathlete and hurdler
- Payton Eeles, American baseball player
- Payton Haas, American actor
- Payton Hazzard, Grenadian sprinter
- Payton Henry, American baseball player
- Payton Jordan, American track and field coach
- Payton Koch, American film editor
- Paetyn Levis, American ice hockey player
- Payton Linnehan, American soccer player
- Payton Otterdahl, American shot putter
- Payton Page, American football player
- Payton Pardee, American football coach
- Peyton Parrish, American musician
- Payton Pierce, American football player
- Payton Pritchard, American basketball player
- Payton Ridenour, American BMX rider
- Payton Sandfort, American basketball player
- Payton Smith, American singer-songwriter
- Payton Spencer, New Zealand rugby union footballer
- Payton Talbott, American mixed martial artist
- Payton Thorne, American football player
- Payton Turner, American football player
- Payton Verhulst, American basketball player
- Payton Willis, American basketball player
- Payton Wilson, American football player