Leighton



Gender:
Origin: English
115 famous people named Leighton found on Wikipedia.
7470 male, 6664 female in US.
Most recent ranking: 835-th in year 2018
Best ranking: 835-th in year 2018
Used in: English

Meanings

Leighton is a given name. Notable people with the name include:
Leighton Baines (born 1984), English footballer
Leighton Dye (1901–1977), American hurdler
Leighton James (born 1953), Welsh footballer
Leighton A. Hope (1921–1998), New York politician
Leighton Meester (born 1986), American actress and singer-songwriter
Leighton Phillips (born 1949), Welsh footballer
Leighton Rees (1940–2003), Welsh dart player
Leighton Schubert (born c. 1982), Texas politician


Place name (and surname), Old English leahtun, from earlier *leactun "a garden," from leac (see leek) + tun "farm, settlement, enclosure" (see town (n.)).


Leek settlement, place of the meadow, settlement with a leek garden.

Famous People: 115 found on Wikipedia.
Popularity Name Birth Year Description
1 Leighton Meester 1986 American actress
2 Laura Leighton 1968 American actress
3 Leighton Baines 1984 English footballer
4 Roland Leighton 1895 British writer
5 Amanda Leighton 1993 Actress
6 Margaret Leighton 1922 Actress from England
7 Edmund Leighton 1852 British Romantic painter
8 Frederic Leighton, 1st Baron Leighton 1830 English painter and sculptor, and for one day a peer
9 Jim Leighton 1958 Scottish footballer
10 Leighton Rees 1940 Darts player
11 F. Thomson Leighton 1956 American mathematician
12 George N. Leighton 1912 American jurist
13 Leighton James 1953 Footballer
14 Allan Leighton 1953 English businessman
15 Leighton Aspell 1976 Irish jockey
16 Clare Leighton 1898 American artist
17 Leighton Andrews 1957 Welsh Labour politician
18 Kenneth Leighton 1929 British composer and pianist
19 Robert B. Leighton 1919 American astronomer
20 Bernardo Leighton 1909 Chilean Christian Democrat politician
21 Tony Leighton 1939 English footballer and manager
22 Ralph Leighton 1949 American biographer
23 Timothy Leighton 1963 Professor of Ultrasonics and Underwater Acoustics at the University of Southampton
24 Jan Leighton 1921 American actor
25 Leighton Smith 1946 New Zealand broadcaster
26 Leighton Phillips 1949 Welsh footballer
27 Ronald B. Leighton 1951 United States federal judge
28 Taigen Dan Leighton 1950 American Buddhist monk
29 Leighton Schubert 1982
30 Leighton McIntosh 1993 Footballer
31 Alexander H. Leighton 1908 American psychiatrist and sociologist
32 Leighton Lucas 1903 British composer
33 Lillian Leighton 1874 Actress
34 Leighton Jordan 1992 Beauty pageant winner
35 Leighton Hodges 1975 Rugby referee
36 Leighton Gage 1942 American mystery novelist
37 Leighton McCarthy 1869 Canadian politician
38 Ron Leighton 1930 British politician
39 Bernie Leighton 1921 American musician
40 Leighton Price 1989 New Zealand rugby union player
41 Leighton O'Brien 1976 American soccer player-coach
42 Sara Leighton 1937 British artist
43 Thomas M. Leighton American mayor
44 Charles Leighton 1921 American classical and jazz harmonica player
45 Leighton McGivern 1984 English footballer
46 Leighton Bracegirdle 1881 Australian admiral
47 Dorothea Leighton 1908 American social psychiatrist
48 Brad Leighton 1962 American race car driver
49 Stanley Leighton 1837 British politician
50 Leighton Eksteen 1994 South African rugby union player
51 Leighton Allen 1973 English association footballer
52 Leighton Glynn 1982 Irish hurler and gaelic footballer
53 Leighton Pierce 1954 American filmmaker
54 Margaret Carver Leighton 1896 American children's writer
55 Brett Leighton 2000 Austrian musician
56 Leighton Samuel British businessman
57 Warner E. Leighton 1930 American film editor
58 Leighton Dye 1901 American hurdler
59 Trevor Leighton 1957 Photographer
60 Queenie Leighton 1874 Music hall performer
61 Kevin Leighton 1979 College baseball coach
62 Leighton I. Davis 1910 United States general
63 William T. Leighton 1905 Australian architect
64 Leighton Chan American academic
65 Leighton Seager, 1st Baron Leighton of St Mellons 1896 British Baron, merchant and shipowner
66 Frances Leighton 1982 Olympic water polo player
67 Leighton Baker
68 Teddy Leighton 1865 Footballer
69 Frank Leighton 1908 Australian actor
70 Michael Leighton 1954 Australian politician
71 Leighton Campbell 1978 American businessman
72 Thomas Leighton English politician, died 1600
73 Leighton Coleman 1837 American bishop
74 Alexander Leighton 1800 Scottish man of letters
75 Frances Margaret Leighton 1909 South African botanist
76 William Leighton 1752 British shipowner and merchant, Lord Mayor of London
77 John Leighton 1861 American baseball player
78 Leighton Durham Reynolds 1930 British classical scholar
79 Bertie Leighton 1875 British politician
80 Kathryn Woodman Leighton 1875
81 Edward Leighton 1525 English politician
82 James L. Leighton 1964 American chemist
83 Leighton P. Slack 1867 American politician
84 Joanne Leighton 1966 Belgian dancer and choreographer
85 Leighton Cooney 1944 Maine politician
86 Francis Leighton British general
87 Billy Leighton 1914 Footballer
88 David Keller Leighton, Sr. 1922
89 Leighton Burtt 1984 New Zealand cricketer
90 Leighton Buckwell 1918 Canadian politician
91 Leighton Lillie 1983 American motorcycle racer
92 William Allport Leighton 1805 British botanist
93 Leighton Parks 1852 American writer
94 Leighton A. Hope 1921 New York politician
95 Arthur Leighton 1889 Field hockey player
96 Leighton Elliott 1984 Footballer
97 John S. Leighton 1835 Canadian politician
98 Ernie Leighton 1872 Australian rules footballer
99 Angela Leighton
100 Leighton Morgan 1981
101 Leighton Wilson Hazelhurst, Jr. 1887 American pioneer aviator
102 Marian Leighton American tennis player
103 Leighton Abel 1900
104 Elaine Leighton 1926 American musician
105 Elisha Leighton Scottish royalist courtier and government official
106 Adam P. Leighton 1851
107 Chuck Leighton 1924 American formula one driver
108 Leighton W. Smith, Jr. 1939 United States Navy admiral
109 Leighton Hope 1952 Canadian sprinter
110 Gerald R. Leighton 1868
111 Leighton Noble 1912
112 Leighton Swarts
113 Leighton Priestley 1951 Jamaican sprinter
114 Robert Leighton American physicist
115 Leighton Henry Mathematician