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Clayton
masculine
This reflects the first name on its own. The full-name report scores the complete combination separately.
Check it with a full name ↓"Clay settlement" or "clay farm/town" (from Old English "clæg", "clay," + "tun", "settlement, enclosure, farmstead")
Why it works
- English speakers will almost certainly pronounce it correctly on the first try
- spelling is short and predictable — rarely needs repeating
Popularity
Distinctive — #300 in the latest U.S. ranking.
Meaning and origin
Clayton means "Clay settlement" or "clay farm/town" (from Old English "clæg", "clay," + "tun", "settlement, enclosure, farmstead").
Clayton belongs to the well-established English surname-to-given-name tradition (alongside names like Preston, Grayson, and Clinton), transferring a topographic place-name surname meaning "clay settlement" into first-name use; it has been used as a given name since at least the 19th century.
How it travels
English and Turkish are shown by default; German is included when it adds a meaningfully different reading.
Spelling stability: high — based on letter-pattern analysis, not a documented linguistic fact.
Popularity without panic
Distinctive — #300 in the latest U.S. ranking.
Recognizable without feeling overused.
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Real-world considerations
- Distinctive — #300 in the latest U.S. ranking.
- Spelling note: Clanton.
- Clayton's surname and place-name etymology ("clay settlement") is well documented and consistent across sources; no distinct mythological, religious, or literary tradition specific to the personal given name was found, so those fields are left unknown rather than invented.