How would you spell this name for a boy?

Mrs.JHill

Layton

Lleyton

Leighton

or something else?

Thanks!

Sunshine is mine

I'm a little confused as to what you want the name to be? to me Layton would be pronounced Lay-Ton and Leighton would be pronounced Lee-ton. and the other spelling is just terrible.

trebmal

Layton

alliejo725

I wouldn't name a boy this, because Leighton Meester has made this a pretty trendy choice for girls.

But if you're set on it, spell it correctly: Leighton. Everything else looks odd.

HannahO28

alliejo725:

I wouldn't name a boy this, because Leighton Meester has made this a pretty trendy choice for girls.

But if you're set on it, spell it correctly: Leighton. Everything else looks odd.

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Mrs.JHill

Sunshine is mine:

I'm a little confused as to what you want the name to be? to me Layton would be pronounced Lay-Ton and Leighton would be pronounced Lee-ton. and the other spelling is just terrible.

Lleyton is the spelling of Lleyton Hewitt who is a pretty famous tennis player.  It is not my favorite, but an option. 

mlf625

alliejo725:

I wouldn't name a boy this, because Leighton Meester has made this a pretty trendy choice for girls.

But if you're set on it, spell it correctly: Leighton. Everything else looks odd.

Yeah, that. 

krissyh21

If you don't know how to spell it, maybe you shouldn't use it.

 Leighton le(i)-gh-ton as a boy's name is pronounced LAY-ton. It is of Old English origin, and the meaning of Leighton is "meadow settlement". Place name used as a first name since the 19th century. Artist Frederick Leighton.

HappyMrsK

krissyh21:

If you don't know how to spell it, maybe you shouldn't use it.

 Leighton le(i)-gh-ton as a boy's name is pronounced LAY-ton. It is of Old English origin, and the meaning of Leighton is "meadow settlement". Place name used as a first name since the 19th century. Artist Frederick Leighton.

All of this!

Mrs.JHill

krissyh21:

If you don't know how to spell it, maybe you shouldn't use it.

 Leighton le(i)-gh-ton as a boy's name is pronounced LAY-ton. It is of Old English origin, and the meaning of Leighton is "meadow settlement". Place name used as a first name since the 19th century. Artist Frederick Leighton.

I agree!  I just don't know that everyone knows how to pronounce it.  Hence Lee-ton.  Just a question.

Nanna

alliejo725:

I wouldn't name a boy this, because Leighton Meester has made this a pretty trendy choice for girls.

But if you're set on it, spell it correctly: Leighton. Everything else looks odd.

Agreed.

Mrs.JHill

Thanks everyone for all the opinions.  Leighton is my first choice of spelling. Although I probably won't use the name for a boy, I just thought about it and wanted to ask.

Spookster

Please don't use it on a boy...and if you do spell it properly. I dont like it for either personally.

Soon2BMrsN

Leighton

fwiw, I don't think it's a very masculine name...

PhilsWife07

Soon2BMrsN:

Leighton

fwiw, I don't think it's a very masculine name...

Ditto 

clee2009

I know of two people that recently had babies with this name (Nov & Dec). One had a boy and the other had a girl and both spelled the name Leighton. I like the name but I don't really like it on a boy. It may have originally been a boy name but I think it will soon be dominated by girls.

Good luck!

Mrs.Leah.Maria

alliejo725:

I wouldn't name a boy this, because Leighton Meester has made this a pretty trendy choice for girls.

But if you're set on it, spell it correctly: Leighton. Everything else looks odd.

This.

z047059

Leighton

CocoBrynne

Layton

bmstee03

alliejo725:

I wouldn't name a boy this, because Leighton Meester has made this a pretty trendy choice for girls.

But if you're set on it, spell it correctly: Leighton. Everything else looks odd.

I wouldn't saddle a little boy with this name.

mommyofboys86

bmstee03:

alliejo725:

I wouldn't name a boy this, because Leighton Meester has made this a pretty trendy choice for girls.

But if you're set on it, spell it correctly: Leighton. Everything else looks odd.

I wouldn't saddle a little boy with this name.

Agreed. I know a girl named Leighton pronounced (lay-ton) and its very feminine and nms.

How about :

LELAND (Lee-lend)

Gender: Masculine

Usage: English

From a surname, originally from an English place name, which meant "fallow land" in Old English. A famous bearer was the politician, businessman and Stanford University founder Leland Stanford (1824-1893).

[lu?ia]

Lleyton

PiRSquared330

Mrs.JHill:

Sunshine is mine:

I'm a little confused as to what you want the name to be? to me Layton would be pronounced Lay-Ton and Leighton would be pronounced Lee-ton. and the other spelling is just terrible.

Lleyton is the spelling of Lleyton Hewitt who is a pretty famous tennis player.  It is not my favorite, but an option. 

Just because one person has the name, it does not make it a "real" name.

 

Ditto everyone else.