Taylor
Origin
An English occupational surname: "tailor".
Full definition of Taylor
Proper noun
Taylor
(plural Taylors)- , transferred from the surname.
- popular in the 1990s and 2000s.
- 2001, Paul Theroux, Hotel Honolulu, page 206:"I wanted to call her Taylor, but my husband said no," Sweetie was telling one of the Christmas party guests."Taylor means a tailor," I said. "It seems inauspicious. Like calling her Cobbler.""That's a kind of drink," said Nani.