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Peytan
How to Pronounce Peytan
Pronounced PAY-tun /ˈpeɪ.tən/Medium
Meaning: Peytan respells Peyton with an -an ending. Peyton began as an English place-name and surname, from an Old English personal name Paega plus 'tun', an enclosure or settlement, so it meant 'Paega's farmstead'. As a modern unisex first name it is worn by both girls and boys; the -an spelling leans a touch feminine.Medium
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U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.
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History & Origin
Peyton crossed from English surname to fashionable unisex first name in the late twentieth century. Peytan is one of the respellings families used to nudge it toward a girl, keeping the sound of the 'Paega's settlement' place-name while trading the -on for an -an.
In United States records Peytan appears in small numbers from the late nineteen-nineties into the twenty-twenties, well behind the popular Peyton. A girl given it around its early-twenty-tens high point is now a teenager.
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Frequently Asked
What does the name Peytan mean?
Peytan is a spelling of Peyton, an English surname and place-name meaning 'Paega's settlement'.
How do you pronounce Peytan?
It's said PAY-tun /ˈpeɪ.tən/, two syllables, stress on the first.
Is Peytan a boy or girl name?
Peytan is used here as a girl's name, though Peyton is worn by both girls and boys.
Is Peytan a popular name?
No, this -an spelling is uncommon, a minor variant of the popular Peyton.