Leighton Forename

54,098th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 12,021 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Wales

Leighton Forename Definition:

A Teutonic name, meaning: Dweller in a garden of herbs.

Leighton Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States
92%
 
4,7051:77,0543,742
England
100%
2,0071:27,7041,566
Wales
100%
1,8901:1,637329
Jamaica-1,0511:2,743568
Australia-6871:19,8801,408
Canada
100%
5071:65,3523,927
New Zealand-3581:12,6711,212
South Africa
99%
 
3161:172,57211,646
Scotland
100%
631:84,9262,132
Philippines
98%
 
511:2,078,61745,874
Trinidad and Tobago
100%
381:35,8273,585
Cayman Islands
100%
291:2,114469
Saint Kitts and Nevis
100%
281:1,959443
Thailand
100%
271:2,595,03064,663
Ireland
100%
211:221,1203,947
Zimbabwe
100%
211:734,46728,972
Barbados-181:16,0991,338
Guyana
100%
161:47,7044,533
China-121:113,837,98265,289
Grenada
100%
91:12,0141,427
Mexico
100%
91:13,793,82537,132
Peru
100%
81:3,973,93231,495
Hong Kong-81:969,0915,961
France-71:9,495,76330,047
Panama-71:558,08014,722
Denmark-61:941,58311,543
India
100%
61:202,479,6622,100,642
Malaysia
100%
51:6,089,988140,568
Namibia-51:480,8366,391
Germany-51:19,335,57551,270
Zambia-51:3,170,95926,788
Dominican Republic-41:2,607,81819,206
Malta-41:107,3402,111
Congo
100%
41:1,252,30119,043
Papua New Guinea
100%
41:2,038,078115,092
Brazil-41:53,559,038368,334
Russia
50%
 
31:48,077,90198,779
Venezuela
100%
31:10,067,298111,314
Jersey-31:33,3271,495
Uganda
50%
 
31:13,652,30774,436
United Arab Emirates-31:2,383,99875,650
Spain-31:15,509,98821,126
Switzerland-21:4,106,74825,883
United States Virgin Islands-21:54,8743,819
Singapore-21:3,143,52727,876
Sweden-21:4,928,95452,965
Northern Ireland-21:921,5733,058
South Korea-21:2,772,21027,911
Afghanistan
100%
21:16,311,75848,279
Italy
100%
21:30,531,04557,596
Indonesia-21:128,981,8341,206,875
Equatorial Guinea-11:1,137,6891,044
Solomon Islands-11:580,9578,641
Ecuador-11:17,726,91931,775
Suriname-11:552,8115,457
Costa Rica-11:4,767,94827,206
Cook Islands-11:18,1531,349
Taiwan-11:23,769,682193,280
Tanzania
100%
11:52,788,31985,066
Colombia-11:47,778,92695,497
Chile-11:17,607,20848,996
Turkey-11:77,801,70991,051
Turks and Caicos Islands-11:34,7071,398
Botswana-11:2,184,44921,741
Belize-11:354,3097,663
Bahamas-11:399,3704,606
Austria-11:8,514,20119,377
Vanuatu-11:261,7921,604
Armenia-11:2,918,75314,910
Antigua and Barbuda-11:99,3953,544
Anguilla-11:13,2551,687
Iraq-11:35,017,85922,933
Liberia
100%
11:4,412,06136,340
Laos-11:6,586,8561,888
Mongolia-11:2,934,81416,205
Montserrat-11:4,876752
Kenya-11:46,307,11074,921
Netherlands
100%
11:16,902,08343,152
Northern Mariana Islands-11:54,6681,803
Norway-11:5,132,32937,513
Pakistan-11:194,357,680303,535
Finland-11:5,483,18325,487
Iceland-11:366,0177,938
Hungary-11:9,791,7716,528
Qatar-11:2,369,60559,530
Honduras-11:8,817,46733,018
Guam-11:160,6463,210
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
100%
11:111,5807,062
Greenland-11:56,3711,395
Greece-11:10,934,54822,228
Malawi-11:17,112,31024,110

Leighton (26,048) may also be a surname.

Leighton Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A Teutonic name, meaning: Dweller in a garden of herbs.

Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead

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