Paytan
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- PAY-ton
- Origin
- English
Paytan is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “Pæga's town”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Paytan mean?
English: spelling of Payton, itself a spelling of Peyton, an English surname and place name
“Pæga's town”
A variant of Peyton, an English surname taken from a place name; Pæga was an Old English personal name.
Meaning borrowed from Payton. More on Wiktionary.
Is Paytan a girl's or a boy's name?
Paytan is a girls' name.
How popular is Paytan in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2009, with 20 girls. It first appears in the records in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Paytan in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
Paytan in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 6 | #14,477 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,146 |
| 2010 | 14 | #8,267 |
| 2009 | 20 | #6,541 |
| 2008 | 18 | #7,069 |
| 2007 | 14 | #8,516 |
| 2006 | 9 | #11,412 |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,003 |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,172 |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,401 |
| 2002 | 6 | #13,589 |
| 2001 | 9 | #10,095 |
| 2000 | 7 | #11,794 |
| 1999 | 9 | #9,472 |
| 1998 | 6 | #12,420 |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
Names like Paytan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Peyton Raven Aspen Piper Presley Parker Heaven Prisha River Madison Hayden Addison
Names related to Paytan
More English names
Lily Evelyn Hudson Ivy Harper Grace Violet Willow Daisy Poppy Riley Oakley Mason Cooper Ruby Hallie
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Paytan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/paytan, updated 20 October 2026.