as a First Name
Transferred use of the surname, in origin an occupational name for a tailor (Anglo-Norman taillour, a derivative of taillier ‘to cut’, Late Latin taleare). Use as a given name was influenced by the U.S. president Zachary Taylor (1784–1850), hero of the Mexican War. As a girl's name it became well established in North America in the 1980s and has since also taken root in Britain.
| 513th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 98,914
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- 389,628
- if you include dead people (since the government started keeping track)
- Utah
- has the most people named Taylor per capita
- 1993
- marked the height of its popularity
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