Payton

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Payton

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Habitational surname from a minor place in Sussex, from the Old English personal name Pǣga + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

proper noun Paytons · Peyton

A habitational surname from Old English.
A male given name transferred from the surname.
A female given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: passfield, potton, packwood, padley, pelton, pinkerton, pakenham, allport, priestly, paxton, pusey, preston, langdon, playden, sancton, holton

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"Payton." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/payton. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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

Chicago

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

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@misc{payton_2026,
  title = {Payton},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/payton},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}