THE MEANING & THE CONTEXT
The story behind Taylor
Taylor is explicitly recorded as a given name in Wikidata for Philippine citizens including Jordan Clarkson. This snapshot links the name to 1 distinct Wikidata person record. The count describes Wikidata coverage, not the Philippine population or annual births.
Pronunciation & syllables
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English
- /ˈteɪ.lə/Received-Pronunciation
- /ˈteɪ.lɚ/Canada · General-American
- /ˈtæɪ.lə/Australia · New-Zealand
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Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
EnglishEtymology & source
From tailor. Doublet of Tailor.
A unisex given name transferred from the surname; variant form Tayler.
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People with the name Taylor
Public figures and other documented namesakes linked by an explicit given-name claim. This is a selection of records, not a popularity ranking.
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Jordan Clarkson
American-Filipino basketball player (born 1992)
The record establishes the name association, not the person’s intended meaning, pronunciation or ancestry. Descriptions are attributed to Wikidata contributors (CC0).
Use in Philippine-linked records
Wikidata
1
distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Jordan Clarkson
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Taylor in the birth records
Exact spelling, stated year, published top-ten tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Available publications: 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. No 2021 count is inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Taylor
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Flor♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Tadeo♂Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Tahir·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Takyo♂Short form of Eustaquio
- Tala♂♀Bright star
- Tali·Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Talib·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Talya♀Short form of Natalia
What rhymes with Taylor?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Names with a similar written ending
Spelling suggestions; these are not verified phonetic rhymes.
Explore Taylor further
Follow the sources
- Wikidata given-name item Q3981665 — Taylor (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Jordan Clarkson (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q3981665 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Taylor (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.