So far, the baby name Petehn has only appeared in the U.S. baby name data a single time, in 2017:
- 2019: unlisted
- 2018: unlisted
- 2017: 5 baby girls named Petehn [debut]
- 2016: unlisted
- 2015: unlisted
What was the influence?
A little girl from Chicago named Pe’Tehn Jackson, whose first name is pronounced PAY-ten.
In early 2015, when she was 3, she recited the poem “Hey Black Child” by Useni Eugene Perkins on local Chicago talk show Windy City Live [vid]. A year later, in March of 2016, she performed the same poem for a national audience via the NBC show “Little Big Shots.” Several months after that, in September, 5-year-old Pe’Tehn made an appearance on Steve Harvey’s talk show to recite a poem written by her parents called “Affirmations” [vid].
What do you think of the name Pe’Tehn?
Sources: Princess Pe’Tehn, SSA
Image: Screenshot of Windy City Live
She’s adorable and it’s obvious she and her parents worked hard on this. But I think I would prefer a more traditional spelling of Payton, especially as it’s already a name that can be spelled multiple ways — why complicate it further?
Good point about the name already being somewhat tricky in terms of spelling.