# Payton

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #25,520

## Definitions
1. A habitational surname from Old English.
2. A unisex given name:
3. A unisex given name:

## Etymology
Habitational surname from a minor place in Sussex, from the Old English personal name Pǣga + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

## Easily confused with
- **pylon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/payton-vs-pylon)
- **Python** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/payton-vs-python)
- **Peyton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/payton-vs-peyton)
- **piston** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/payton-vs-piston)
- **proton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/payton-vs-proton)
- **photon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/payton-vs-photon)
- **Paton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paton-vs-payton)
- **pastor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pastor-vs-payton)
- **pardon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pardon-vs-payton)
- **patron** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/patron-vs-payton)
- **Patton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/patton-vs-payton)
- **Paxton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paxton-vs-payton)
- **parton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parton-vs-payton)
- **patten** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/patten-vs-payton)
- **parson** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parson-vs-payton)

## Common misspellings (9)
`apyton`, `patyon`, `payotn`, `paytno`, `paytonn`, `paytton`, `payyton`, `ppayton`, `pyaton`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/payton