The Gaylor Family Name

Gaylor is an established spelling of the English surname Galer. Read literally, Gaylor points to “A jail keeper or turnkey”.

How the spelling arose

Records show Gaylor as one of the forms Galer took over time. Spellings drifted because names were written down by ear in parish books, tax rolls and passenger lists. Related forms: Gayler.

In the records

Gaylor ranked 9,609 in the 2010 US Census, with 3,382 people answering to the name.

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