Baby name
RISING
🇬🇧 🇺🇸 Peyton
/PAY · ton/
Meaning
“Unknown”
English surname turned given name, from Old English meaning 'Pæga's settlement'; strongly associated in the US with quarterback Peyton Manning, making it a sports-inflected given name.
Nicknames
pay
Vibe
gentle
How it ages.
Rising and cross-gender; ages better than Payton because of the Manning association lending it gravitas.
The cultural moment.
Rising in the US since the late 1990s; now in the top 100 for girls and used for boys.