Leighton: name meaning, origin & popularity
- Meaning
- “settlement by a meadow”
- Origin
- Old English
- Say it
- LAY-tuhn · 2 syllables
- Used for
- Both (56% girls, 44% boys since 1880)
From an English surname and place name derived from Old English leac or lea elements plus tun. The exact first element varies by place, but 'meadow settlement' is a common interpretation.
How popular is Leighton?
Babies named Leighton in 20241,010
2024 rank#395 girls
Peak year2022
Total US babies since 188020,720
Leighton is rising: use over the last five years is 1.6× what it was a decade earlier.
Names like Leighton
Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.
Leighton questions
What does the name Leighton mean?
Leighton means "settlement by a meadow". It comes from Old English. From an English surname and place name derived from Old English leac or lea elements plus tun. The exact first element varies by place, but 'meadow settlement' is a common interpretation.
Is Leighton a boy or girl name?
Leighton is used for both: about 56% of US babies named Leighton since 1880 were girls.
How popular is Leighton?
1,010 US babies were named Leighton in 2024. Its peak year was 2022.
How do you pronounce Leighton?
Leighton is usually pronounced LAY-tuhn.
Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.