A given name used for people of any gender, though historically more common for males; it can also refer to places named Peyton.
Derived from Old English 'Pægga's town,' with 'ton' meaning settlement. The name comes from a personal name Pægga plus the Anglo-Saxon suffix indicating a place, later adopted as a personal name itself.
Peyton is one of those names that has fully migrated—it started as a place name in England (there's a Peyton in Somerset), then became a surname for people who lived there, and finally transformed into a first name that anyone could have.
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