Reydon as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Reydon

What is the meaning of the name Reydon ?

The baby name Reydon is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced RAY-dən (IPA: /ˈreɪdən/).

Reydon is English in Origin.

Reydon is a modern given name derived from an English surname and place-name, most associated with the village in Suffolk. Its elements trace to Old English: -don from dun "hill," with the first part probably from read "red" or possibly ryge "rye," readings found across English -don names. The sense is therefore "red hill" or "rye hill," a topographic label that later became a family name.

As a first name, Reydon is rare but has emerged in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries in English-speaking countries under the surname-as-given-name trend. Documented variants and relatives include Raydon (English), Redon (a French surname/place that sometimes informs spelling), and modern respellings such as Reyden; Rayden also appears, though often influenced by the Japanese Raiden. Short forms: Rey, Don. The name skews masculine in use but fits comfortably in contemporary unisex naming styles.