Baby name

FADING BOY · OLD FRENCH-ENGLISH
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Teyler

/TAY · ler/


“Rare phonetic respelling of Taylor”

Rare phonetic respelling of Taylor, from Old French tailleur meaning 'to cut'; the unusual spelling is a marker of 1990s-2000s American naming individualization.

tey

gentle

How it ages.

The spelling makes it feel like a dated naming experiment; will age as an artifact of its era.

The cultural moment.

Rare; very occasional use in the US in the late 1990s-2000s.