Taylor

From tailor.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈteɪlɚ/

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• Rhymes: -eɪlə(ɹ)

Taylor (plural Taylors)

1. An English and Scottish surname originating as an occupation for a tailor.
2. A unisex given name transferred from the surname.
   • 2001, Paul Theroux, Hotel Honolulu, page 206:

     "I wanted to call her Taylor, but my husband said no," Sweetie was telling one of the Christmas party guests.
     "Taylor means a tailor," I said. "It seems inauspicious. Like calling her Cobbler."
     "That's a kind of drink," said Nani.

3. (rare) A surname from Irish [in turn originating as an occupation], an anglicization of Táilliúir (“tailor”).

Taylor

1. A suburb of Canberra, Australia; named for architect Florence Mary Taylor.
2. A town in British Columbia, Canada; named for trapper Herbert Taylor.
3. A locale in the United States.
   1. A city in Michigan; named for Zachary Taylor, 12th president of the United States.
   2. A city in Texas; named for railroad official Edward Moses Taylor.
   3. A city in Arkansas.
   4. A city in North Dakota; named for railroad official David R. Taylor.
   5. A town in Alabama; named for an early settler family.
   6. A town in Arizona; named for John Taylor, 3rd President of the LDS Church.
   7. A town in Mississippi; named for early settler John Taylor.
   8. A town in New York; named for Zachary Taylor.
   9. A village, the county seat of Loup County, Nebraska; named for early settler Ed Taylor.
   10. A village in Wisconsin.
   11. A borough of Pennsylvania.
   12. A census-designated place in Wyoming.
   13. An unincorporated community in Indiana.
   14. An unincorporated community in Louisiana.
   15. An unincorporated community in Maryland.
   16. An unincorporated community in Beckham County, Oklahoma; named for postmaster Jeremiah H. Taylor.
   17. An unincorporated community in Cotton County, Oklahoma; named for local merchant John Taylor.
   18. A ghost town in Washington.

• Popular given name at the turn of the 21st century, in the US mostly female, in Britain more often male.

• (surname): Tailor
• (given name): Tayler

• (surname meaning "tailor"): Snyder

• Taylor County
• Taylorism
• Taylorsville
• Taylorville

• Tayla

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Taylor is the 17^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 751,209 individuals. Taylor is most common among White (65.4%) and Black/African American (28.4%) individuals.
• Taylor is the 4^th most common surname in the United Kingdom, belonging to 262,832 individuals.

Borrowed from English Taylor.

• IPA^(key): /tɛj.lɔʁ/, /tej.lɔʁ/, /tɛj.lœʁ/, /tej.lœʁ/

Taylor m or f

1. a surname from English
2. a unisex given name from English, of modern usage