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Taylor (girl)

What does Taylor mean?

Taylor Pronunciation of 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".

STARTS/ENDS WITH Tay-, -or

ASSOCIATED WITH operas, bold (brave), beautiful

Variations

VARIANTS Tahlor, Tailor, Tayler

SEE ALSO Tayla, Tyler

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)

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Taylor name in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Taylor outside U.S.

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.



Top 2000 baby names ranking of Taylor, Tayla, Tayler, Tyler in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Taylor, Tayla outside U.S.

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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