Given name & surname
Tailor
“cutter of cloth; one who alters garments”·“one who alters garments”
Tailor is a variant of Taylor. Interpretations include “cutter of cloth; one who alters garments” (English) and “one who alters garments” (English). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Tailor is a variant of Taylor. Interpretations include “cutter of cloth; one who alters garments” (English) and “one who alters garments” (English). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Tailor is a variant of Taylor. An origin associated with Taylor is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1988. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Tailor is a variant of Taylor. The history of Taylor gives this family its wider story. Taylor’s naming history includes the use of a family name as a given name.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Tailor through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,131
- 161 boys · 970 girls
- Most popular year
- 1997
- 78 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −76%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 71 in 1997. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 982 as a first name in 2020; 1,595 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Tailor’s family of names
In English usage, Tailor as a surname shares an earlier linguistic root with Taylor. In Greek usage, Tailor as a surname is a transliteration of Τάηλορ. Tailor has a related form in Taylor.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 5
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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