Given name & surname
Lenton
“a pious man”
Lenton is used as a given name and a surname. One American interpretation is “a pious man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One American interpretation is “a pious man.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is American.
How it developed
From Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1913. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Lenton through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 657
- 657 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1922
- 21 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 1994. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 21 in 1922. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 306 as a first name in 2020; 608 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Lenton’s family of names
Lenton has a related form in Lent. Lenton has a related form in Lentan. Lenton has a related form in Lente.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 7
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Similar names
If you love Lenton, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Leldon
“a bookworm”
>99% boys
Efton
“one who is fertile; productive” · “fruitful”
>99% boys
Hinton
“a wealthy woman”
>99% boys
Lindo
“one who is sturdy”
>99% boys
Elton
“a spontaneous woman” · “from the old town”
99% boys · 1% girls
Leaman
“a powerful man”
>99% boys
Newton
“from the new town”
>99% boys
Lavaughn
“a spirited man”
>99% boys