Paityn is one of the creative American spellings of Payton and Peyton, an English surname and place name from the Old English for "Paega's town" or "Paega's settlement". The spelling emerged during the Peyton boom of the 2000s and gives the name a softer, more feminine look. Paityn entered the top 1000 in 2008, peaked at number 630 in 2010 and has fallen steadily since 2021, standing at number 1863 in 2025.