Gaylord

Gaylord: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning: “lively, high-spirited”
Origin: French
Say it: GAY-lord · 2 syllables
Used for: Boys

From Old French gaillard, meaning lively or spirited. It entered English as a surname and later became an occasional given name.

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How popular is Gaylord?

20240 per million US babies

Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

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Babies named Gaylord in 20240

Peak year1931

Total US babies since 18806,091

Gaylord was not given to enough US babies in 2024 to appear in the records.

Names like Gaylord

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

Oliverolive tree · French
Beauhandsome · French
Calvinbald · French
Louisfamous warrior · French
Granttall; large · French
Saintholy person; saint · French
Russelllittle red-haired one · French
Travisto cross · French

Gaylord questions

What does the name Gaylord mean?

Gaylord means "lively, high-spirited". It comes from French. From Old French gaillard, meaning lively or spirited. It entered English as a surname and later became an occasional given name.

Is Gaylord a boy or girl name?

Gaylord is mainly a boy's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Gaylord?

Gaylord was given to fewer than 5 babies of either sex in 2024; its peak year was 1931.

How do you pronounce Gaylord?

Gaylord is usually pronounced GAY-lord.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.