Dayton

English, variation of Deighton

"place with a dike"

Dayton Origin and Meaning

The name Dayton is a boy's name of English origin meaning "place with a dike".

If Dayton, like Trenton and Camden, is finding favor with parents, it's more because of its popular two-syllable surname feel and -on ending than the industrial city in Ohio.

Dayton Rank in US Top 1000

# 973 in the US

Dayton Popularity

• 973 US 2020
• 152 Unique 2023

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Famous People Named Dayton

• Dayton Allen American comedian and actor
• Dayton Lummis American actor
• Penn Dayton Badgley American actor
• (David) Dayton Brown (b. 2000) born David Preston Jessop, Jr., son of reality TV personalities Robyn and Kody Brown ("Sister Wives")
• Dayton Cash (b. 2013) son of Courtney Ames of TV's "16 and Pregnant"

Dayton in Pop Culture

• Dayton Ohio, USA
• Dayton's former department store chain in the Midwestern U.S.