Where Does the Claydon Surname Come From?

Your Claydon ancestor may well appear as Clayton in earlier records. The name is habitational, pointing to “From Clayton, "clay farmstead"”.

• Claydon ranked 57,516 in the 2010 US Census, with 354 people answering to the name.
• Local scribes, dialects and emigration all left their mark on how the name was written.
• Claydon writes “d” in place of the “t” found in Clayton, a typical scribal difference.
• Other spellings include Clayson and Cleyton.

Family crest and blazon

Arms linked to Clayton and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to. Want more than a summary? See the Claydon family name pack.