Easton, a surname-turned-given-name, was originally a place name that meant "east town" or "eastern settlement" in Old English. It first appeared in the Social Security Administration's top 1,000 for boy names in 1995 and has been a top-100 boy's name every year since 2012. It's the name Olympic skier Bode Miller gave his son Easton Vaughn, born in 2018, as well as the middle name given to "American Pie" actor Chris Klein's son, born in 2020. It can also be used for girls, as evidenced by "Law & Order" actress Elisabeth Röhm's daughter Easton August, born in 2018.
