Miles Leighton...

[Alanna527]

Our baby boy is due in March, and the first and middle names we have picked out are Miles Leighton. My husband and I both go by our middle names, and likewise he would go by Leighton. What are first impressions of this name for a boy? From what I’ve read it’s mostly been in use in the US and Canada.

Hmm... the only Leighton I know is Australian funnily enough. He's about 44 I think.
Agree with all the other posters

• that it's not really very nice,
• totally sounds like a place,
• sounds like "miles late... on"
• and that if you want to call him leighton then just make it his first name.

Leighton Baines is a footballer.
I like it.

It’s not unusual, I’ve met several in my job.

@DramaAlpaca I’ve always liked yours too! Play on words user names are the best!

I want to like it because I like the flow of the name. But, it's too place namey for my taste

Relatively common in Wales in my experience- it’s my dad’s name and I’ve met many others around his age. He was named after another older Welsh relative. So in summary... makes me think of 50+ year old Welsh men. I do like the name very much though!

Don’t like Leighton but Miles is great.

Very interesting. We had read that Leighton is a place name in England and thought that was kinda cool, but I guess not! Ah well he won't know many people who have ever heard of Leighton Buzzard, haha. Boys especially going by their middle name is not at all unusual where we are from (the American South) so that isn't a concern. Thanks for the opinions.

I concur with the pp saying its a 50+ Welsh man's name. Though its not a Welsh name at all, just common.

@Alanna527

Very interesting. We had read that Leighton is a place name in England and thought that was kinda cool, but I guess not! Ah well he won't know many people who have ever heard of Leighton Buzzard, haha. Boys especially going by their middle name is not at all unusual where we are from (the American South) so that isn't a concern. Thanks for the opinions.

I don’t know if it’s been mentioned at all, but it’s usually pronounced Lay-ton in the UK. I’m only mentioning it because a lot of baby name websites and commenters seem to record it as pronounced “Lee-ton” if they are more US/Canada based (though I’m sure it happens here too). My dad has worked with lots of people in the US who tend to pronounce it that way and he has to correct people a lot. Either is fine obviously, just a head’s up that it seems to be read slightly differently depending on where you are.

I know someone with the surname Leighton and she says people misspell it as Layton all the time.

Using the middle name as the day-to-day name can be a pita.

Whatever name you use, make sure it sounds ok with the surname.