Taylor

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What other names are like this?

Is this for a boy or girl?

Girls' names that are similar please.
Have an American friend who is considering this and will then be moving here. I have been trying to hint that people wouldn't necessarily think of Taylor Swift here in the UK and more, well? How would her parents call out to her, to let her know that there was a meal waiting for her?

Just go through the telephone directory and pick any surname. That seems to be the trend.

I've heard of Taylor being used for girls but have never actually met one. My ds's best friend is Taylor. I can't get my head round it as a girls name.

I suppose similar would be other surnames - Cameron, Mackenzie are girls names I've seen.

Not keen on it myself though.

Talia, Tania, Tara, Tabitha, Tamara, Natalia, Leyla, Myla?

I know a lot of kids called Taylor and as many are girls as boys, tho often spelled Tayla for a girl.

Other options might be Jordan, Riley, Ellis, Morgan, Robyn?

Ghastly. She would have her daughter's ears pierced at as early age as possible. Her friends would be called Madison and Scarlett and her parents would look up to footballers and the characters on TOWIE. She would be called to eat a meal by her mother calling "You get 'ere, ya f, or I'll **ng make sure you do". In the UK, her mother has an orange face, is on the lookout for father number 5 and has no desire to get a job and no prospects other than to wait to become pregnant again and when she's done that, all she can look forward to is becoming a grandmother. She dumps her children on her mother whenever possible, so she can smoke, drink and drug take without being disturbed. She will be surprised when the daughter doesn't become a soap opera actress or x factor contestant, or, her ultimate ambition, doesn't marry a footballer despite doing just what Tulisa did. She wants her to go to 'uni' but didn't go herself and has no friends who went to one. The only time either of the parents (if the father sticks around) read anything is when they receive texts and facebook updates and flick through a tabloid.

Watch Jeremy Kyle, there'll be loads.

Tell her how many people in the UK have this as a surname. If she calls out 'Taylor' in a shopping centre 10 people will turn round.

Probably more common in the US as a girl's name and just as horrible there as it would be anywhere else imo.

Similar names might be Paige, Hailey, Halley, Holly, Brooke, Annesley, Madison, Jordan, Piper, Sage, Morgan, Kendall, Meredith, Harper, Sydney.

I only like Sydney and Holly.

I love Piper

Trufflecrumble do you mean names that sound like Taylor or are unisex surnamey names?

Well, I was subtly trying to explain to my US friend, the imagery that Taylor conveys to people in the UK, so names that have the same vibe to illustrate the horror of it, in its entirety

I suppose I also want to help her; if she is set on using a name like that, then what would travel well from USA to the UK? What is like it but not Jeremy Kyle or Shameless in style, as many, it seems, think this name is?

I know loads of Taylors boy and girl. It's so common it doesn't feel special anymore.

I know several little girls called Taylor. Very chavvy.

Tell her that Taylor would be the same as a 'white trash' name?

Hopefully she will make nicer friends than some of the posters on here who will appreciate the cultural difference and not be so snobby and judgemental.

I think a nice friend would subtly make their friend aware of how it's perceived in another country and then, if she is set on it, the friend has done all that she can and has a clear conscience. It doesn't mean that the friend will dislike the child for its name.
A snob surely keeps the cultural perceptions close to her chest and lets the person go ahead and do it and when the friend then asks her why she didn't say anything, just smiles wryly.

White trash? Jeremy Kyle? Bit of an overreaction.

No one who is at all pleasant in real life would think a little girl was white trash as she has the name Taylor with American parents.

Seriously.

Some of you are so rude and judgemental. Your DCs won't go far in life with such narrow minded parents. You think you're above everyone, when in fact you are just showing how thick and uneducated you are.

Hell's bells!! What an overreaction!!
Just say you are not keen should suffice.

The OP did just ask What is like it but not Jeremy Kyle or Shameless in style, as many, it seems, think this name is? - I'm being honest, I think Taylor is a chavvy name (from what I understand, would be similar to a white trash name), the same way I think Octavia is a posh name. I wouldn't use either for my child, as they have too many negative connotations connected with them (in my eyes).

If her friend is worried about the connotations on a name in a different country, then it is a good idea for her to find out what people may think of it.

Similar names I can think of would be - Riley, Raylee, Baylee, Mayla.

Who says they are "chavvy" though. A couple of strangers on an Internet forum?

I know several children with American style surnames and called Scarlett and Madison as well who far from it.

Tell her to call the baby Ethel to keep
Mumsnet happy then, that's the only place people would seriously give a toss!