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Paeton
How to Pronounce Paeton
Pronounced PAY-tun /ˈpeɪ.tən/High
Meaning: Paeton is a 2000s respelling of Peyton, an English place-and-surname built from an Old English personal name Pæga plus 'tun' (settlement, enclosure). The unusual 'ae' is decorative and does not change the sound.Low
Popularity in the U.S. · SSA data
U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.
SSA data updated May 2026. How we source & verify this data.
History & Origin
Paeton is one of several inventive respellings that trailed the rise of Peyton as a unisex, then increasingly female, given name in the United States. The base name is an English surname from a place called Peyton, formed from the Old English personal name Pæga and tun, 'farmstead' or 'settlement'.
The variant never caught on the way plain Peyton or Payton did — it surfaced in the mid-1990s, peaked briefly around 2008, and faded within roughly a decade. A girl named Paeton is almost always a young millennial or Gen-Z American, and the spelling remains a rarity rather than part of any revival.
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What does the name Paeton mean?
Paeton is a respelled form of Peyton, an English surname that means 'Pæga's settlement'.
How do you pronounce Paeton?
It's said PAY-tun /ˈpeɪ.tən/ — two syllables, stress on the first.
Is Paeton a boy or girl name?
Paeton is used as a girl's name.
How popular is Paeton?
Paeton has always been rare in the U.S. — an inventive respelling that trailed the far more common Peyton.