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Unisex name

Taylor

Taylor ranks #2,170 out of 11,202 cat names in our data (the #1 cat name is Luna). Across all 1 place, 3 cats carry the name. It's also a dog name: #811 for dogs.
Taylor's popularity trend

Taylor's share of cats, year by year — or toggle to its yearly rank. Peak year by share: 2013.

0.01%0.02%0.03%20122014201620182019
Cats in our data
3
across 1 place
Popularity rank
#2,170
of 11,202 cat names
5-year rank move
−573
2014 → 2019
Gender split
66% female
66% female34% male

Gender split comes from 32 US shelter cats — the one source in our data that records a cat's sex.

What does Taylor mean?
/ˈteɪ.lɚ/2 syllablesOrigin: a surname

Taylor is an English occupational surname for someone who made or altered clothing, from the Old French tailleur, meaning "one who cuts." It's one of the most common surnames in the English-speaking world and has long crossed over into use as a first name.

Taylor feels clean and approachable, a name equally at home on a polished, well-groomed dog or a scrappy one.

Etymology & pronunciation from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Where Taylor shows up

Cats named Taylor per place, against that place's total.

PlaceShare
TorontoON, CA0.02%

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