Peyton Place is a 1956 novel by Grace Metalious. It was filmed in 1957, and also adapted into a soap opera which ran from 1964-1969. Peyton Place has become a synomnym for a gossipy, sordid place.
-- Anonymous User 1/18/2006
Peyton Randolph was the President of the First Continental Congress.
I think that Peyton is an awesome name, because Peyton Manning, quarterback of the Indianopolis Colts is awesome. I'm a Patriots fan, but I gotta admit, he's pretty good.
The frequent use of this name for girls in the United States seems to go back to the character named Peyton played by actress Rebecca DeMornay in the 1992 film "The Hand That Rocks The Cradle."