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.

# 261 in the US

Taylor Rank in US Top 1000

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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

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