Layton

Layton is a surname derived from various place names in England. Two known etymologies stem from place names in Lancashire (in Blackpool) and another in North Yorkshire. The former was named in Old English as ‘settlement by the watercourse’, from Old English lād ‘watercourse’ + tūn ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’; the latter as ‘leek enclosure’ or ‘herb garden’, from lēac ‘leek’ + tūn. Also often spelled as Leighton.

Layton can refer to multiple places or people, including:

• Layton, Lancashire, a district of the town of Blackpool, England
• Layton, Florida, USA
• Layton, New Jersey, USA
• Layton, Utah, USA
• Layton (UTA station), a transit station
• Laytonville, California, USA

Surname

• Bentley Layton, religious scholar
• Bob Layton, comics artist
• Caleb R. Layton, U.S. Representative from Delaware
• Caleb S. Layton, Associate Justice of the Delaware Superior Court and member of the Delaware State Legislature
• Chris Layton, American drummer
• Daniel J. Layton, Supreme Court Justice of Delaware
• David Layton, Canadian author
• Eddie Layton, American organist
• Geoffrey Layton, British admiral
• George Layton, British actor
• Gilbert Layton, Canadian politician
• Irving Layton, Canadian poet
• Jack Layton, Canadian politician
• Lindy Layton, singer
• Lucy Layton, British pop singer
• Michael John Layton, 2nd Baron Layton
• Mike Layton, Canadian politician
• Paul Layton, English bass guitarist
• Randy Layton, American music producer
• Robert Layton, Canadian politician
• Roger Layton, Software architect, and developer of MBRWizard
• Stephen Layton, English conductor
• Turner Layton, American songwriter, singer and pianist

Also:

• Baron Layton

Other

• Professor Layton series, a series of Nintendo DS and Nintendo 3DS video games
  • Professor Hershel Layton, for whom the series is named after

See also

• Leighton (may be pronounced 'lay-ton' or 'lie-ton')
• Leyton
• Lawton