Taylor (given name)

Taylor
Gender	Unisex
Origin
Word/name	English
Meaning	"tailor"

Taylor is a given name mainly in use in English-speaking countries, including England and Wales, Scotland, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.^[1] The name Taylor has been well used for characters on American and now some Australian soap operas.^[2]

People with the given name Taylor

'''*Taylor Swift, American pop singer'''

• Taylor Adams, professional Australian rules football player
• Taylor Anderson, gunsmith, re-enactor, and history professor
• Taylor Antrim, writer and editor best known for his debut novel The Headmaster Ritual
• Taylor Atelian, American teen actress
• Taylor Beck (ice hockey), Canadian professional ice hockey player
• Taylor Beck (model), female model and actress from Tucson, Arizona
• Taylor Bennett, former college football quarterback for the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs
• Taylor Booth (1933-1986), mathematician known for his work in automata theory
• Taylor Branch, American author and historian
• Taylor Buchholz, retired American professional baseball pitcher
• Taylor Chace, American sledge hockey player
• Taylor Cole, American actress and former fashion model
• Taylor Dayne (stage name of Leslie Wunderman), American singer-songwriter and actress
• Taylor Dent, retired professional tennis player from the United States
• Taylor Deupree, American electronic musician, photographer, and graphic designer
• Taylor Douthit (1901–1986), Major League Baseball outfielder
• Taylor Duncan (1953-2004), American baseball infielder
• Taylor Edgar, American stand-up comic and musician
• Taylor Eigsti, American jazz pianist and composer
• Taylor Fletcher, American Nordic combined skier
• Taylor Gold, American Olympic snowboarder
• Taylor Graham (born 1980), former American soccer player
• Taylor Griffin, American professional basketball player
• Taylor Hall, Canadian hockey player (Edmonton Oilers No. 4)
• Taylor Hanson, American musician, best known as a member of the band Hanson
• Taylor Hawkins, American musician, best known as the drummer of alternative rock band Foo Fighters
• Taylor Hicks, American singer who won the fifth season of American Idol
• Taylor Ibera, American judoka and wrestler
• Taylor Jacobs, former American college and professional football player
• Taylor James, American DJ and MC
• Taylor Jardine, American lead singer of We Are The In Crowd
• Taylor Jensen, American professional longboard surfrider
• Taylor Jordan, American professional baseball pitcher for the Washington Nationals of Major League Baseball
• Taylor Jungmann, American professional baseball pitcher in the Milwaukee Brewers organization
• Taylor Kemp, American soccer player
• Taylor King, professional American basketball player
• Taylor Kinney, American actor
• Taylor Kitsch, Canadian actor and model
• Taylor Knox, American professional surfer
• Taylor Lautner, American actor
• Taylor Mays, American NFL football player
• Taylor Momsen, American actress and singer
• Taylor Reed, American football player
• Taylor Schilling, American actress

• Taylor Wilde, stage name of Shantelle Malawski, American professional wrestler
• Taylor Wilson, American nuclear scientist
• Taylor York, American musician, best known as the guitarist of the rock band Paramore

Fictional characters

• Taylor Fry, main character of the Australian TV series Mortified
• Taylor Hayes, character on The Bold and the Beautiful
• Taylor Townsend, character from The O.C.
• Taylor Walker, character on the American soap opera Days of Our Lives
• Taylor Wilson, character on the American teen drama Finding Carter
• Taylor Markham, protagonist in the young adult novel On the Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta

See also

• Taylor (surname)

References

1. Behind the Name
2. Rosenkrantz, Linda, and Satran, Pamela Redmond (2007). Baby Name Bible. St. Martin's Griffin. ISBN 978-0-312-35220-2