Taylor

English occupational name

"tailor"

Taylor Origin and Meaning

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 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.

Taylor Rank in US Top 1000

# 261 in the US

Taylor Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 872 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Taylor

• 261 US 2023
• 872 Nameberry 2025
• 40 Unisex 2023
• 636 England 2023
• 99 Scotland 2012

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Famous People Named Taylor

• Taylor Alison Swift American singer,songwriter
• Taylor Michel Momsen American actress and singer of The Pretty Reckless
• (Janet Miriam Holland) Taylor Caldwell Anglo,American novelist
• Taylor McQuiston Fry American actress
• Taylor Elizabeth Louderman American actress
• Taylor Armstrong (born Shana Lynette Hughes) American reality TV personality of "The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills"
• Taylor Dayne (born Leslie Wunderman) American pop singer
• Taylor Dooley American actress
• Taylor Schilling American actress
• Taylor Wilde ring name of Shantelle Larissa Malawski, American pro wrestler
• Taylor Marie Atelian American actress/singer
• Taylor Quinn Cole American actress
• Taylor Kathleen Jardine lead singer of American band We Are the In Crowd
• Taylor Anne DuPriest American reality TV personality of "Kid Nation"
• Taylor Beck American model and actress
• Taylor Elizabeth "Tae" Dye American country music singer of duo Maddie & Tae
• Taylor Spreitler American actress
• Taylor Stahl Latham (b. 1977) daughter of TV journalist Lesley Stahl and Aaron Latham
• Taylor Van (b. 1977) daughter of actors Bobby Van and Elaine Joyce
• Taylor Nicole Earnhardt (b. 1988) daughter of NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt
• Taylor Anne Crichton (b. 1989), daughter of novelist Michael Crichton and actress Anne,Marie Martin
• Taylor Costas (b. 1989) daughter of sportscaster Bob Costas
• Taylor Marie Berry (b. 1990) daughter of singer John Berry
• Taylor Ann Hasselhoff (b. 1990) daughter of actor David Hasselhoff
• Taylor Frey (b. 1992) daughter of Eagles musician Glenn Frey
• Taylor Scioscia (b. 1992) daughter of baseball player Mike Scioscia
• Taylor Mayne Pearl Brooks (b. 1992) daughter of singer Garth Brooks
• Taylor Dearden Cranston (b. 1993) actress and daughter of American actor Bryan Cranston
• Taylor Pippen (b. 1994) daughter of basketball player Scottie Pippen
• Taylor Marie Gentry (b. 1998) daughter of singer Troy Gentry of Montgomery Gentry
• Taylor Adams Crawford (b. 2001) daughter of singer Yolanda Adams and NFL player Tim Crawford
• Taylor Suzanne Haas (b. 2008) daughter of pro wrestlers Charlie Haas and Jackie Gayda
• Taylor El Moussa (b. 2011) daughter of TV personalities Tarek and Christina El Moussa of "Flip or Flop"

The name Taylor in Pop Culture

• Taylor Townsend character on TV's "The O.C."
• Taylor Rene Krystal Hawkins character in "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray
• Taylor Hunter character in movie "Getting There," twin sister Kylie Hunter
• Taylor the Talent Show Fairy character in the "Rainbow Magic" series
• Taylor Maddox character on TV's "Scrubs"
• Taylor Hillridge character in TV movie "Cyberbully"
• Taylor Berkhalter character on TV's "The Client List"
• Taylor Fry main character on Australian TV series "Mortified"
• Taylor Hayes character on American soap "The Bold and the Beautiful"
• Taylor Walker character on American soap "Days of Our Lives"
• Taylor Wilson character on TV's "Finding Carter"
• Taylor Ridley main character in Richard Paul Evans' Michael Vey series
• Taylor McDevitt character in the YouTube series "Most Popular Girls in School"
• "Taylor " song by Jack Johnson
• Taylor Marietta Greer character in the novel "The Bean Trees" by Barbara Kingsolver