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Peyton

English
"fighting-man's estate"
Clare Green
By Clare Green
Updated Mon Apr 22 2024

Peyton Origin and Meaning

The name Peyton is a boy's name of English origin meaning "fighting-man's estate".

Peyton is the most-used spelling of this popular name, thanks to football star Peyton Manning, but it's playing increasingly for the girls' team. The Manning family excels in all-star names, with brothers Eli and Cooper and dad Archie.

# 535 in the US

Peyton Rank in US Top 1000

# 2364 on Nameberry

Peyton Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

Peyton Popularity

Famous People Named Peyton

  • Peyton Williams ManningAmerican NFL football player
  • Peyton Derek HillisAmerican NFL football player
  • Peyton Bryce ThompsonAmerican NFL football player
  • Peyton RandolphAmerican Founding Father; president of the Continental Congress
  • (Hobart) Peyton YoungAmerican game theorist
  • Peyton ClarkAmerican actor
  • Peyton MeyerAmerican actor
  • Peyton Conway Marchformer U.S. Army Chief of Staff
  • Peyton Robert SivaAmerican basketball player
  • (Francis) Peyton RousAmerican physician; winner of the Nobel Prize
  • Peyton ReedAmerican television and film director
  • Peyton Daniel Rewis (b. 2013)son of Summer and Daniel Rewis of "16 and Pregnant"

Peyton in Pop Culture

  • Peyton Westlake aka Darkmancharacter in the Darkman film series
  • Peyton Farquharcharacter in "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" by Ambrose Bierce
  • Peyton Rittercharacter on TV series "The X,Files"
  • Peyton Leverettcharacter in TV movie "Sharpay's Fabulous Adventure"
  • Peytoncharacter on animated series "Chaotic"