Sutton

Sutton is an Old English place name, "southern town," dotted across villages in Britain long before it became anyone's first name. Its modern life began as a surname and then slipped into use for children in the 2000s, often on girls thanks to Broadway star Sutton Foster, whose Tony-winning radiance gave the name a spotlight. Currently at rank 197 in the U.S., it reads polished and preppy, comfortably unisex in practice if slightly girl-leaning now. Two short syllables, both ending in consonants, tidy as a pressed collar. Sutton sounds like someone with excellent handwriting. Clean, confident, slightly old-money without the attitude.