Taylor Name Meaning

Gender: Unisex

Origin: English

Meaning: One Who Tailors Clothes

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1. Meaning of the name "Taylor"

Transferred use of the surname derived from the Anglo-French taillour (tailor), which is from the Old French taillier (to cut). The name arose as an occupational name.
The name Taylor is a girl's name of English origin meaning "tailor".

Taylor is one of the prime unisex surnames used for girls and has also been a soap opera favorite. Taylor was in the Top 10 for the last several years of the twentieth century, so that now it tends to feel a little too nineties--though Taylor Swift is keeping it in the spotlight and Tay is a charming nickname.

Garth Brooks and Bryan Cranston have daughters named Taylor; Taylor Schilling portrays lead Piper Chapman in Orange is the New Black. From an English surname that originally denoted someone who was a tailor, from Norman French tailleur, ultimately from Latin taliare "to cut".

Its modern use as a feminine name may have been influenced by the British-American author Taylor Caldwell (1900-1985).

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2. Variation of the name "Taylor"

Tayler:

During the Middle Ages, the surname of Tayler was used in Scotland. While the patronymic and metronymic surnames, which are derived from the name of the father and mother respectively, are the most common form of a hereditary surname in Scotland, occupational surnames also emerged during the late Middle Ages.

Many people, such as the Tayler family, adopted the name of their occupation as their surname. However, an occupational name did not become a hereditary surname until the office or type of employment became hereditary.

The surname Tayler was an occupational name for a tailor. Interestingly, the name Tayler was originally derived from the Anglo Norman French word taillour, meaning tailor.

Teighlor:

From 1880 to 2018, the Social Security Administration has recorded 276 babies born with the first name Teighlor in the United States. That's more than enough people named Teighlor to occupy the territory of Pitcairn Islands (United Kingdom) with an estimated population of 66 (as of July 1, 2008).

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3. Top 3 Famous Person Named Taylor

Taylor Swift:

Taylor Alison Swift (born December 13, 1989) is an American singer-songwriter. She signed a contract with independent record company Big Machine Records and became the youngest musician to ever collaborate with Sony / ATV Music Publishing.

In 2006, Taylor released her first album of the same name with the single "Our Song" which helped her to be the youngest self-composed artist to have reached number one on the Hot Country Songs chart. Taylor's second album Fearless was released in 2008.

Taylor Branch:

Taylor Branch (born January 14, 1947) is an American author and historian best known for his trilogy of books chronicling the life of Martin Luther King, Jr. and much of the history of the American Civil Rights Movement.

The third and final volume of the 2,912-page trilogy collectively known as America in the King Years, was released in January 2006, and a selected summary of the trilogy, The King Years: History. Moments in the Civil Rights Movement, released in 2013.

Taylor Dent:

Taylor Phillip Dent (born April 24, 1981) is a retired professional tennis player from the United States. He reached a career-high singles ranking of World No. 21, winning 4 singles titles.

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