Names like Payton
Payton 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 Payton.
Preston English · place name, "priest's settlement"
Paxton English · place name/surname, "Pœcc's settlement"
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 Payton comes from.
Clayton English · place name, "settlement on clay land"
Dalton English · place name, "valley settlement"
Tyson English · surname, traditionally "firebrand"
Lawson English · surname, "son of Lawrence"
The same feel
Also classic and surname style names.
Winston English · place name, "Wine's settlement"
Pierson English · surname meaning 'son of Piers (Peter),' traditionally 'rock'
Nelson English · English surname meaning 'son of Neil'
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 Payton, on a similar curve.
Bryson English · "son of Brice," the saint's name Bricius, its Celtic root debated; a tidy patronymic that rode the 2000s -son wave beside Greyson and Jameson. Familiar pieces, fresh assembly
Ashton English · "ash-tree settlement," an Old English place name scattered across the English map; a surname that became a given name in the 1980s and settled on the boys' side after early unisex use. Leafy roots, boardroom finish
London English · from the city name; meaning uncertain
Dawson English · surname, "son of David"
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