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Tyler vs Taylor - What's the difference?

tyler | taylor |

As proper nouns the difference between tyler and taylor

is that tyler is {{surname|A=An|occupational|from=occupations}} for a tiler while Taylor is {{surname|from=occupations}.

As a noun tyler

is alternative form of lang=en.

tyler

English

Proper noun

(s)
  • for a tiler.
  • transferred from the surname.
  • * 1930 Henry Robinson Luce, Fortune (published by Time, inc., 1930):
    • However, the whippet-like appearance of most Tyler' Corp. executives suggests what McKinney really wants is a spring-legged crew that can run its competitors into the ground. - - - It's no coincidence, either, that his seven-year-old son is named ' Tyler .
  • * 1977 Peter Tauber, The Last Best Hope (ISBN 0151483779), page 78:
    • "Yeah, I guess. I'm part Ty Cobb and Babe Ruth - on paper."
    Zermatt sucked his teeth, still dubious. "I thought Cobb was Tyrus."
    "Sounded too foreign for my mom or something. And there was some Scottish rebel named Tyler - maybe a cousin, so they compromised. It's kind of presidential, too, I guess. And my middle name is for - da-dum! - George Herman Ruth."
  • used since the 1980s.
  • A city in Minnesota.
  • A city in Texas.

    • Derived terms

    * Tylerism * Tylerize English unisex given names

    taylor

    English

    Proper noun

    (s)
  • , 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.

    Derived terms

    * Taylorism

    Related terms

    * Tayla