Taylor
Meaning: Its source is taillier, a Norman French name meaning "To cut."
Languages: This boy's name is used in English.
Alternative Spellings: Tailer
Popularity: The name Taylor ranked 171st in popularity for males of all ages in a sample of 2000-2003 Social Security Administration statistics, 422nd in popularity for males of all ages in a sample of the 1990 US Census and 39th in popularity for males of all ages in a sample of the 1994 US Census.
This name first made its appearance on state popularity lists of the 1990s, and has been trending upward in usage ever since.
Narrative: This was an occupational surname for a tailor. Other occupational surnames that are used as first names include Spencer, Tanner and Tyler.
Science and Philosophy
- Taylor G. Wang
NASA astronaut.
- Astronaut on Challenger (1985) (see list of Spaceflight Veterans)
Stage and Screen
- Taylor Holmes (born 1878, died 1959)
American actor.
- Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame for Motion Picture (see list of Movie Personalities with Stars in the Hollywood Walk of Fame)
The Literary World
- Taylor Branch (born 1947)
American journalist and historian.
- 1989 Pulitzer Prize winner for History, for Parting the Waters: America in the King Years, 1954-63 (see list of Winners of the Pulitzer Prize for History)
Teasing Nicknames:
- Taylor the Sailor
- Tails
- Wailer
- Trailer
- Tatertot
- Tay-Tay
- Tater
Meaning: Its source is taillier, a Norman French name meaning "To cut."
Languages: This girl's name is used in English.
Nicknames: Taye
Popularity: The name Taylor ranked 15th in popularity for females of all ages in a sample of 2000-2003 Social Security Administration statistics, 805th in popularity for females of all ages in a sample of the 1990 US Census and 6th in popularity for females of all ages in a sample of the 1994 US Census.
This name first made its appearance on state popularity lists of the 1990s, and has been trending upward in usage ever since.
Narrative: This was an occupational surname for a tailor. Other occupational surnames that are used as first names include Spencer, Tanner and Tyler.
Stage and Screen
- Taylor Hayes Forrester
Fictional character.
- Character on the soap opera ''''The Bold and the Beautiful'''' (see list of Characters on ''The Bold and The Beautiful'')
- Taylor Roxbury-Canon
Fictional character.
- Character on the soap opera ''''All My Children'''' (see list of Characters on ''All My Children'')
Teasing Nicknames:
- Tayles
- Taylor the Sailor
- Taylbean
- Tay-Bear
- Taylor-tots (after tater tots)
- Tails
- Wailer
- Tayley Mayley
- Trailer
- T-bone
