Taylor

European occupational surname derived from the Old French 'tailleur' (cutter of cloth) or English 'tailor'.

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You might be surprised by what your surname can reveal about your family's origins. Surnames are passed down through the generations and provide an enormous amount of information and are fundamental in family research. Not only do they reveal the identities of your ancestors, but can also tell you details about their lives.

Taylor is a Latin word name. This name came firstly from Latin, which means "to cut", and then it made it to French "tailleur".

My name is Taylor and I was born in 1985. 30 years ago all my names were surnames for example.

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Taylor Stewart which I don't go by now... but my name is Taylor and still is Taylor as first name.

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And in answer to any one who said all Taylors are hot, hah! You don't know me! I am blue eyed but dark brown hair and chubby...

Taylor is an "occupation" name. Taylor is one who works with clothing. Carter is one who hauls items in a cart or wagon. Mason is one who works with brick and stone. Hunter is one who hunts. These occupation names evolved into surnames. My math teacher was Mr. Carter. Had an art teacher named Mrs. Taylor. Using surnames as first names is a trendy fad favored by today's young parents who strive to be you-neek.

Get with the program people. The name Taylor was mainly given to men because of the reference to the term Tailor. If any of you were intelligent enough to search the term, you would know that a Tailor is someone who works with clothing. It may not be a popular name in the U.S. for boys/men, but it is more popular as a mans/boy name in England, statistics show. This was a guys name originally and started to become a woman's name, so stop saying that it was a woman's name first. Ignorant fools. Almost all of you are too opinionated. Get with the program and view the facts. It may be a popular female name now, but it started with a man.

Taylor also means "morning dew" in Hebrew. The Hebrew version is Tal-Or, and is used in Israel.

Where are you people getting these ridiculous meanings from? Taylor is derived from the occupation name Tailor; the etymology is listed on the page. It does not mean Clothed with Salvation, it does not mean eternal beauty, and it is not the same name as Tayla/Taylah/Tailaahhhh.

Although Taylor is an English name, there's a Biblical meaning: Clothed with Salvation.