Taylor

Taylor is an English occupational surname transferred to use as a given name, derived from the Old French word tailleur, meaning one who cuts, which itself traces back to the Latin taliare, to cut. It originally denoted a tailor by trade and became widespread as a first name in the United States during the twentieth century, influenced in part by the surname tradition of using family names as given names. Its popularity surged further in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, particularly for girls. Tayler and Tailor are common variant spellings.