Girl or boy · Old French, through English
Taylor
Say it: TAY-lur
Meaning
From the English occupational surname for a tailor, from Old French tailleor 'cutter'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Given to boys first, it rose fast for girls in the late 1980s and 1990s and remains used for both.
Its wave through time
A fashion of the 1990s
In the United States
- 435,595 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1993, about 1 in 85 girls
- 2,185 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Tayler, Taylar
Famous bearers
- Taylor Swift, US singer
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Where this comes from
- English poll taxes and lay subsidy rolls (13th and 14th centuries)
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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