Taylor

Taylor

See also: taylor

English

Etymology

From tailor.

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (Southern England)

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• Rhymes: -eɪlə(ɹ)

Proper noun

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 unincorporatedcommunity in Indiana.
   14. An unincorporatedcommunity in Louisiana.
   15. An unincorporatedcommunity in Maryland.
   16. An unincorporatedcommunity in Beckham County, Oklahoma; named for postmaster Jeremiah H. Taylor.
   17. An unincorporatedcommunity in Cotton County, Oklahoma; named for local merchant John Taylor.
   18. A ghost town in Washington.

Usage notes

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

Alternative forms

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

Synonyms

• (surname meaning "tailor"): Snyder

Derived terms

• Taylor County
• Taylorism
• Taylorsville
• Taylorville

Related terms

• Tayla

Translations

surname associated with "tailor"

Afrikaans: Snyman Arabic: الخَيَّاط‎ (al-ḵayyāṭ), خَيَّاط‎ (ḵayyāṭ) Breton: Kemener (br) Czech: Krejči, Krejčík, Krejčír Dutch: Snijders, Sneijder, Kleermaker French: Tailler, Couture (fr), Couturier (fr), Sartre (fr), Quemener (fr), Thayer German: Schneider (de), Schneidermann Greek: Ραπτης (Raptis) Hebrew: חייט‎ Hindi: दर्ज़ी (darzī) Hungarian: Szabó (hu) Italian: Sarti, Sarto, Sartini, Sartor, Sartore Low German: Schröder, Schrader Polish: Krawiec, Krawczyk, Sznajder Portuguese: Alfaiate Romanian: Croitoru Russian: Кравцов (ru) (Kravcov), Портнов (ru) (Portnov), Портнягин (ru) (Portnjagin) Serbo-Croatian: Terzić Slovak: Krajčík Spanish: Sastre (es) Turkish: Terzi (tr), Terzioğlu (tr) Ukrainian: Кравець (uk) (Kravecʹ), Кравченко (uk) (Kravčenko), Кравчук (uk) (Kravčuk) Urdu: درزی‎ (darzī) Yiddish: קראַוויץ‎ (kravits), שנײַדער‎ (shnayder), פּורטנוי‎ (purtnoy), שערמאַן‎ (sherman)

transliterations of surname

Arabic: تَايْلُور‎ m or f (taylur) Chinese: Mandarin: 泰勒 (zh) (Tàilè) Japanese: テイラー (Teirā) Korean: 테일러 (Teilleo) Russian: Те́йлор (ru) m or f (Téjlor) (the feminine surname is indeclinable)

Statistics

• 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.

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from English Taylor.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Taylor m or f

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