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Worldwide, Leyton (Leyton
, 莱顿
, Лейтон
) is a rare predominantly masculine, but very infrequently girly given name. The forename Leyton is habitual in Guatemala, where it is a rare male name, Nicaragua, and the United Kingdom. Not in comparison with a country's population, the name is most common in the United Kingdom, the United States, and Colombia. More frequently, Leyton is the last name as well as the forename.
Leyton is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Leyton Hightower , the character in A Song of Ice and Fire and Ben Matlock , the fictional lawyer.