Forename Leighton

Around the world, Leighton (Leighton , 莱顿 , Лейтон ) is quite a common male first name. The first name Leighton is characteristic of Jamaica, where it is quite a common boy's name, the United Kingdom, where it is quite a rare masculine name, and Australia. Not in comparison with a country's population, it most frequently occurs in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Jamaica. Also, Leighton is the last name as well as the forename.

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Leighton

name Леигхтон, name Tun, name Лейтон, name לייטון, name 莱顿, name Leitons, name Leighton, name Layton, name Leac

VARIANT	COUNTRY
Leighton	Australia, Canada, Jamaica, United Kingdom, United States
莱顿	China
Лейтон	Russia, Ukraine, Belarus
לייטון	Israel

First names said to be same

Layton, Leac, Leitons, Tun, and Леигхтон

First name Leighton in the context

Leighton is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Ben Matlock , the fictional lawyer.

Notable namesakes

	sir thomas leighton Peerage person ID=444032 (b. 1454)
	sir edward leighton, 2nd baronet (1681-1756) (b. 1681)
	sir charlton leighton, 3rd bt. (1715-1780) (b. 1715)
	sir james boniface leighton Physician to the Tsar (b. 1769)
	sir baldwin leighton, 6th baronet British Army general (b. 1747)
	sir robert leighton, 5th bt. (1752-1819) (b. 1752)
	sir baldwin leighton, 7th baronet British politician and landowner (b. 1805)
	burgh leighton (1760-1836) (b. 1760)
	forester leighton (1763-1807) (b. 1763)
	forester owen leighton (1797-1876) (b. 1797)
	baldwin francis leighton (1804-1880) (b. 1804)
	sir baldwyn leighton, 8th baronet English landowner and politician (b. 1836)
	sir bryan baldwyn mawdddwy leighton, 9th bt. (1868-1919) (b. 1868)
	marshall ora leighton born 1874; died 1958, US (b. 1874)
	charlton dudley forester leighton (born 1887) (b. 1887)