Taylor

See also: taylor

English

Etymology

From tailor.

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• 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”).

Proper noun

Taylor

1. A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia; named for architect Florence Mary Taylor.
2. A district municipality in Peace River Regional District, British Columbia, Canada; named for trapper Herbert Taylor.
3. A locale in the United States:
   1. A town in Geneva County and Houston County, Alabama; named for an early settler family.
   2. A town in Navajo County, Arizona; named for John Taylor, 3rd President of the LDS Church.
   3. A minor city in Columbia County, Arkansas.
   4. An unincorporated community in Union Township, Tippecanoe County, Indiana.
   5. An unincorporated community in Bienville Parish, Louisiana.
   6. An unincorporated community in Harford County, Maryland.
   7. A city in Wayne County, Michigan; named for Zachary Taylor, 12th president of the United States.
   8. A town in Lafayette County, Mississippi; named for early settler John Taylor.
   9. A village, the county seat of Loup County, Nebraska; named for early settler Ed Taylor.
   10. A town in Cortland County, New York; named for Zachary Taylor.
   11. A minor city in Stark County, North Dakota; named for railroad official David R. Taylor.
   12. An unincorporated community in Beckham County, Oklahoma; named for postmaster Jeremiah H. Taylor.
   13. An unincorporated community in Cotton County, Oklahoma; named for local merchant John Taylor.
   14. A borough in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania.
   15. A city in Williamson County, Texas; named for railroad official Edward Moses Taylor.
   16. An unincorporated community in Weber County, Utah.
   17. A ghost town in King County, Washington.
   18. An unincorporated community in Hardy County, West Virginia.
   19. A village in Jackson County, Wisconsin.
   20. A census-designated place in Lincoln County, Wyoming.
   21. A number of townships in the United States, listed under Taylor Township.

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

• Mamie Taylor
• Taylor County
• Taylor expansion
• Taylorism
• Taylorsville
• Taylorville

 

Related terms

• Tayla

Translations

surname associated with "tailor"

• Afrikaans: Snyman
• Arabic: الخَيَّاط (al-ḵayyāṭ), خَيَّاط (ḵayyāṭ)
• Breton: Kemener (br)
• Catalan: Sastre (ca)
• 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 (he)
• 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 (ja) (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.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English Taylor.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Taylor m or f

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