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♀ Taylor (girl)
What does Taylor mean?
Taylor 
▼ as a girls' name (also used less generally as boys' name Taylor) is pronounced TAY-ler. It is of Middle English and Old French origin, and the meaning of Taylor 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".
Variations
VARIANTS Tahlor, Tailor, Tayler▼
MASCULINE FORMS Taylan, Tayton
CREATIVE FORMS(female)
(male)
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Taylor Sara (T.S.), ..
How popular is Taylor?
Taylor is a very popular first name for women (#805 out of 4276, Top 19%) and also a very popular surname for all people (#13 out of 150436, Top 1%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)
Taylor was first listed in 1970-1979 and reached its peak position of #6 in the U.S. in the year 1996, and is currently at #121. (TOP BABY NAMES, 2018)
Which version is better?
Tayla, Tayler and Tyler (#1365 FROM RECENT DATA) are the prominent varying forms of Taylor (#121). Usage of these forms of Taylor reached its most widespread in the year 1993 (USAGE OF 1.3%) and has become much reduced since (USAGE 0.2%, DOWN 87.9%), with versions like Taylor becoming less fashionable.
Similar Names
Taylor▼ is pronounced similarly to Tyller. Other recommended sound-alike names are Flor▼, Gaenor, Gaynor, Nanor, Tahlia, Tal, Talbot, Talea, Tali, Talia▲, Talie, Tallbot, Tallee, Talley, Tallia, Tallie, Tally, Tallya, Talma, Talona, Talora, Talya, Tamar, Tamlyn, Tamora, Tarlton, Taya, Taylin, Taylyn, Tayte, Tayzie, Tresor, Twyla, Twylla, Tyla and Tylee. These names tend to be less frequently used than Taylor.
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