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The boy's and girl's name Taylor \ta(y)-lor\ is pronounced TAY-ler. It is of Middle English and Old French origin, and its meaning is "tailor; to cut". From the Norman French word "taillier". Occupational name first used as given name in the 19th century. 12th US President Zachary Taylor; film director Taylor Hackford; football player Lawrence Taylor; singers James and Livingston Taylor.

Taylor has 6 variant forms: Tailer, Tailor, Tayler, Zailor, Zaylor and Zaylour.

For more information, see also related names Taylan and Tayton.

Baby names that sound like Taylor are Talor and Tylor.

Taylor is a popular male first name and a very popular surname (source: 1990 U.S. Census). Displayed below is the baby name popularity trend for the boy's name Taylor. Click here to compare Taylor with related baby names.

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Canada (BC), England and Wales, Ireland, Scotland, Sweden, Australia (NSW) Top 100 rankings for: Taylor

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