Irving Layton, Canadian poet

Layton, New Jersey, USA

Layton, Florida, USA

Layton, Utah, USA

Geoffrey Layton, British admiral

George Layton, British actor

Bob Layton, comics artist

Laytonville, California, USA

Lindy Layton, singer

Eddie Layton, American organist

Randy Layton, American music producer

Layton, Lancashire, UK

Michael John Layton, 2nd Baron Layton

Bentley Layton, religious scholar

Gilbert Layton, Canadian politician

Robert Layton, Canadian politician

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

Chris Layton, American drummer

Baron Layton

Lucy Layton, British pop singer

Lawton may refer to: In places in the US: Lawton, Iowa Lawton, Michigan Lawton, North Dakota Lawton, Oklahoma People with the surname Lawton: Lawton (surname) See also Nigel Lawton 009, producer of model railway kits...

Layton is a surname derived from various place names in England. Two known etymologies stem from place names in Lancashire (near 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:

Caleb R. Layton, U.S. Representative of Delaware

Caleb S. Layton, Associate Justice of Delaware Superior Court and member of Delaware State Legislature

Daniel J. Layton, Supreme Court Justice of Delaware

Jack Layton, a Canadian politician