Baby name

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Cleiton

/KLAY · ton/


“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.

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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.