Names like Clayton
Clayton is a two-syllable English name that ends in -on. Each list below follows one of those threads on its own, so you can see exactly what the names share.
The same sound
Two syllables, ending the same way as Clayton.
Colton English · "coal town," or "Cola's town," an Old English place name and surname; it joined the 2000s wave of -n boys' names with a western, denim-jacket ease that kept it around after the wave receded. Colt is the built-in short form
Colson English · surname meaning 'son of Cole'
Jackson English · "son of Jack," a surname built on the medieval everyman form of John; presidential, bluesy, and frontier-flavored, it led the 2000s surname wave for boys and spun off spellings from Jaxon to Jaxson. Jack comes free
Landon English · "long hill," a place name turned surname turned first name; it rode the 2000s wave of two-syllable boys' names ending in -n and outlasted many of them. Newer than it sounds, easygoing as they come
The same roots
Also English names, from the tradition Clayton comes from.
Payton English · "Paega's town," an Old English place name that spent centuries as a surname; the A-spelling of Peyton, unisex like its twin and slightly the rarer of the pair. Two spellings, one easygoing sound
Preston English · place name, "priest's settlement"
Dalton English · place name, "valley settlement"
Lawson English · surname, "son of Lawrence"
The same feel
Also classic and surname style names.
Winston English · place name, "Wine's settlement"
Nelson English · English surname meaning 'son of Neil'
Tyson English · surname, traditionally "firebrand"
Quinton English · English place name/surname, also used as a variant of Quentin (Latin 'quintus', fifth)
Names of the same moment
Each of these is at its highest in the 2010s, the same decade as Clayton, on a similar curve.
Benton English · moor grass settlement
Denton English · an English place name and surname from Old English denu and tun, valley settlement
Gibson English · surname meaning 'son of Gib', a medieval nickname for Gilbert
Shelton English · English place name/surname, 'settlement on a ledge'
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