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 [ 2 syll. tay-lor, ta-yl-or ] The girl name Taylor is also used as a boy name, though it is more frequently a girl name. It is pronounced TEYLer KEY. Taylor is of Old French origin and it is used mainly in English. The first name is derived from the surname, itself originally from the job title for one who works as a tailor, of the Old French taillour ('tailor') and the Late Latin tlere ('to cut'). The name was borne by the English poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834). See Taylor for more info. Forms of the name include the English names Taelyr, Tailor, Tayah, Tayla, and Tyla. The pet form Taye (English), and the spelling variants Taiylor (English), Talor (English), Taylar (English), Tayler (English), Tayllor (English), Taylore (English), and Teighlor (English) are other forms of Taylor. Taylor is very popular as a baby girl name. The name grew in popularity from the 1970s up to the 1990s; prior to that, it was of only very modest use. Its usage peaked in 1993 with 1.080% of baby girls being named Taylor. It was #7 in rank then. The baby name has experienced a drop in frequency since then. In 2008, it ranked at #22 with a usage of 0.402%, but it was nevertheless the most widely used among all girl names in its family. Although Taylor is used more commonly as a girl name today, there was a period prior to 1989 that it was more popular with boys. After 1990, increasingly the name became more popular with girls than with boys. In 2007, 6 times more girls than boys were given the name Taylor. Baby names that sound like Taylor include the English Tailor, the English Tayler, the English Teighlor, the English Taiylor, the English Talor, the English Taylore, the English Tyler, the English Taelyr, the English Taylar, the Welsh Teleri, and the Indian Talajara. A famous person named Taylor is Country Singer, Taylor Swift, born 13 December 1989, Reading, Pennsylvania. KEY: Pronunciation for Taylor: T as in "tea (T.IY)" ; EY as in "ate (EY.T)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; ER as in "hurt (HH.ER.T)"   |
