Leighton

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Leighton

/ˈleɪtən/ UK

Sounds like Leyton · Rhymes with -eɪtən

Where it comes from

Various place names in England, Old English leac (“leek”) + tun (“settlement”), also in the sense of a herb garden.

proper noun

A habitational surname from Old English.
A unisex given name transferred from the surname.
A civil parish in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England, which includes Leighton Bromswold.
A civil parish (served by Leighton, Minshull Vernon and Woolstanwood Parish Council) in Cheshire East, Cheshire, England.
A hamlet in Healey parish, North Yorkshire, England, previously in Harrogate district (OS grid ref SE1679).
A village in Leighton and Eaton Constantine parish, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ6105).
A hamlet in Wanstrow parish, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST7043).
A small village in Forden with Leighton and Trelystan community, Powys, Wales (OS grid ref SJ2405).
A town in Colbert County, Alabama.
A minor city in Mahaska County, Iowa.
A township in Allegan County, Michigan; in full, Leighton Township.
A coastal area in North Fremantle, City of Fremantle, Perth, Western Australia.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: buzzard, leiden, miss, leyton, landon, littleton, tenley, langston, langdon, brownlow, leybourne, downley, langford, lenton, linton, laughton

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MLA

"Leighton." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/leighton. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

Leighton. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/leighton

Chicago

"Leighton." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/leighton.

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@misc{leighton_2026,
  title = {Leighton},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/leighton},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}