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What does Gaylord mean?
Gaylord 
▼ as a boys' name is of Old French origin, and the meaning of Gaylord is "spirited, dandy". An altered form of the French nickname Gaillard. The Gaylord family was prominent in the east of the US, and the first transferred use of surname as a given name was in 1769. The name is now rarely used as a first name due to its connotations of homosexuality like Gay. In the US, this is used as the name of a chain of hotels, a place name, and in manufacturing. Author Gayelord Hauser.
STARTS WITH Ga-
ASSOCIATED WITH surname
Variations
VARIANTS Gaillard, Gallard, Galliard, Gay, Gayelord, Gayler, Gaylor
CREATIVE FORMS(male)
(female)
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Gaylord Demetri (G.D.), ..
How popular is Gaylord?
Gaylord is a somewhat popular first name for males (#1141 out of 1220, Top 94%) and an even more popular surname for both adults and children (#6129 out of 150436, Top 4%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)
Gaylord reached its apex position of #523 in the U.S. in the 1930s, but is not found in the list currently. (TOP BABY NAMES, 2018)
Which version is better?
The only other prominent varying form of Gaylord is Gay. Adoption of these relations of Gaylord reached its most widespread in the 1930s, but now, the form Gaylord has become less fashionable.
Similar Names
Recommended sound-alike names are Ballard, Bayard, Bayerd, Baylor▲, Bayrd, Byford, Clyford (see Clifford), Daynard (see Dainard), Gabor, Gainor, Galfrid, Gallo, Galo, Gard, Garland▼, Garlend, Garlind, Garold, Garrard, Gaspard, Gayle▼, Gaylen, Gaylin, Gaylinn, Gaylon, Gayner, Gaynnor (see Gaynor), Gaynor, Gifford, Gilford, Gjord, Grygor, Guilford, Gyfford (see Gifford), Gyrd, Halford, Hallford, Hanford, Harford, Hayward, Lawford, Maynard▼, Naylor, Radford, Rayford, Raynard, Raynord, Safford, Sanford▼, Taylor▼, Twyford, Walford, Warford and Zaylor. These names tend to be less frequently used than Gaylord.
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