Taylor - name meaning, origin

The girl's name Taylor \

, also used as boy's name Taylor, is pronounced TAY-ler. It is of Middle English and Old French origin, and its meaning is "tailor; to cut". Occupational name. Made popular due to characters named Taylor on the soap operas "The Bold and the Beautiful", "All My Children", and "Melrose Place".

Taylor has 3 variant forms: Tahlor, Tailor and Tayler.

For more information, see also related names Tayla and Tyler.

Baby names that sound like Taylor are Talora and Tyller.

Taylor is a very common first name for women (#805 out of 4276) and also a very common last name for both men and women (#10 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)

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