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Throughout the world, Layton (Layton , 莱顿 , לייטון ) is quite a rare boy's first name. The first name Layton is habitual in Jamaica, where it is quite a rare boy's name, the United States, where it is a rare masculine name, and South Africa. Not in comparison with a country's population, the name is most common in the United States, South Africa, and the United Kingdom. More prevalently, Layton is the last name as well as the forename.
Layton is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Layton T. Montgomery , the fictional human from Bee Movie and Ben Matlock , the fictional lawyer.