Gaylord
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
Derived from the Huguenot (French) name Gaillard.
[edit] Proper noun
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Gaylord
- An American surname.
- A male given name, transferred use of the surname, reinforced by the folk etymology "gay lord", e.g a character in the musical Show Boat (1927). Rarely used after the 1960s because of the modern meaning of gay.
[edit] French
[edit] Proper noun
Gaylord
- A male given name borrowed from English around 1980.

