Given name & surname
Lynton
“from the town of lime trees”
Lynton is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “from the town of lime trees.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “from the town of lime trees.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1916. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Lynton through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 69
- 69 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1923
- 8 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 5 in 2018. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 198 as a first name in 2020; 251 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.
Lynton’s family of names
Lynton has a related form in Linton. Lynton has a related form in Linton. Lynton has a related form in Lintan.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Lynton
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
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