Taylor

English

Etymology

English occupational surname, "tailor".

Proper noun

Taylor

1. A surname.
2. A male given name, transferred from the surname.
3. A female given name popular in the 1990s and 2000s.

Derived terms

• Taylorism

Translations

surname

• Arabic: تايلور (ar) (taylur) m and f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 泰勒 (cmn) (Tàilēi)

• Japanese: テイラー (ja) (Teirā)
• Korean: 테일러 (ko) (Teilleo)
• Russian: Тейлор (ru) (Téjlor) m and f (the feminine surname is indeclinable)

Related terms

• Tayla

Quotations

• 2001 Paul Theroux: Hotel Honolulu: p.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.