All around the world, Deighton (Deighton 
) is a very rare largely masculine, but seldom feminine forename. The first name Deighton is habitual in Jamaica, where it is a rare masculine name, the United Kingdom, where it is a very rare epicene name, and the United States, where it is a very rare dominantly masculine, but uncommonly girly name. More prevalently, Deighton is the last name as well as the forename.