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**derty** · 01-30-2009, 03:25 AM

Apologies for reviving an old thread, but this is something I have much interest in. (I'm pseudo-obsessed with names and their meanings.)

THIS IS ALL THEY WOULD GIVE ME.

TAYLOR

Gender: Masculine & Feminine

Usage: English

Pronounced: TAY-lər [key]
From an English surname which originally denoted someone who was a tailor, from Norman French taillur, ultimately from Latin taliare "to cut". Its modern use as a feminine name may have been influenced by British author Taylor Caldwell (1900-1985).

Heh, my name is Taylor as well. Not from any British author, though; it was my great-grandfather's surname.

My full name means (though I've taken slight liberties in the arrangement of words), "Clothes-maker and defender of the beloved one." If one really wanted it to make sense, I guess it could be condensed to "Armor of the beloved one," but I'm disinclined to that one.

01-30-2009, 03:25 AM	#9
derty Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 647 Senior Member	Apologies for reviving an old thread, but this is something I have much interest in. (I'm pseudo-obsessed with names and their meanings.) THIS IS ALL THEY WOULD GIVE ME. TAYLOR Gender: Masculine & Feminine Usage: English Pronounced: TAY-lər [key] From an English surname which originally denoted someone who was a tailor, from Norman French taillur, ultimately from Latin taliare "to cut". Its modern use as a feminine name may have been influenced by British author Taylor Caldwell (1900-1985). Heh, my name is Taylor as well. Not from any British author, though; it was my great-grandfather's surname. My full name means (though I've taken slight liberties in the arrangement of words), "Clothes-maker and defender of the beloved one." If one really wanted it to make sense, I guess it could be condensed to "Armor of the beloved one," but I'm disinclined to that one.
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