Entry № 1304 · English origin

Baylor Baylor — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ BAY-lor /
Gender
Girl
Origin
English
Meaning
"Modern American unisex (Baylor University + R. E. B. Baylor)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Modern (English)

A name that means "modern american unisex (baylor university + r. e. b. baylor)".

Baylor is from the English surname Baylor — possibly from Old French bailli (bailiff). Baylor is one of the unisex modern American given names — rising in usage since the 2000s. Named after R. E. B. The Baylor College of Medicine in Houston is also a American medical institution.

Modern American unisex (Baylor University + R. E. B. Baylor) — a English name.

The name in its native script.

Baylor
Transliteration
Baylor
Pronunciation
/ ˈbeɪ.lɔːr /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Baylor stands.

Baylor does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Baylors before her.

Real people
R. E. B. Baylor
Baylor University namesake + Texas judge.
1793 – 1873
In fiction
Baylor
Modern American unisex.

Names connected to Baylor.

The number behind Baylor.

1

The Leader

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Baylor reduce to 1, The Leader. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.