Baby name
STABLE
🇧🇷 Cleiton
/KLAY · ton/
Meaning
“Clay settlement”
Brazilian masculine name, a phonetic adaptation of Clayton, from the English place name meaning clay settlement; adopted in Brazil and given a Portuguese phonetic spelling.
Nicknames
clei
Vibe
strong
How it ages.
A phonetically adapted anglophone import; associated with late-20th century Brazil.
The cultural moment.
Common in Brazil from the 1970s through 1990s.