The Saylor surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 16,010 people carried this name — #2,276 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 18,400 people counted. That is up 3% from 15,547 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Saylor surname

A surname originating as an occupation.

From Old French sailleor (“dancer, acrobat”).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Saylor» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In print

Saylor in American newspapers,
1905–1912.

Newspaper page from The Mirror And Farmer carrying the name Saylor
The Mirror And Farmer 1905-12-14
Newspaper page from Vilas County News carrying the name Saylor
Vilas County News 1909-07-21
Newspaper page from Honolulu Star-Bulletin carrying the name Saylor
Honolulu Star-Bulletin 1912-09-28

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 41,759 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Saylor in Australian newspapers,
1860s–2000s.

204 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Saylor. The most, 45, date from the 1910s. Queensland has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in Western Australia, at 1.7 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Queensland 58
New South Wales 51
Victoria 32
Western Australia 25
South Australia 23
Tasmania 12

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Saylor.

Who carried it

People named Saylor,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Syd Saylor
    Syd Saylor 1895–1962 · actor
  • John P. Saylor
    John P. Saylor 1908–1973 · lawyer
  • Edward Saylor
    Edward Saylor 1920–2015

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped — Syd Saylor: Cbl62, CC BY-SA 3.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0); the others are in the public domain or CC0 · 38 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Saylor,
in the records of 3 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States820 records

820 records of the Saylor name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 525
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 168
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 47
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 25
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 24
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 23
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 4
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Kenneth E. Saylor

    Born 1912 in Ohio. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana; farm hand. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1999, buried at Floral Hills Memory Gardens, Lancaster, Ohio.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Harold M. Saylor

    Born 1931; from Vermilion County, Illinois. U.S. Army, light weapons infantryman; killed in action 1951 in North Korea.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Maria Saylor

    Arrived at New York in 1881 aboard the State of Indiana from Glasgow and Larne, aged 19; domestic. From Ireland.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 820 records for Saylor in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Canada4 records

4 records of the Saylor name in Canada
  • City of Niagara Falls (Ontario) cemetery records 3
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Ann Saylor

    Buried in 1928 at Drummond Hill Cemetery, Niagara Falls, Ontario.

    City of Niagara Falls. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Niagara Falls.
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Anna Marguerite Saylor

    Married 1916 in Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  3. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Willis Saylor

    Buried in 1971 at Willoughby Church Cemetery, Niagara Falls, Ontario.

    City of Niagara Falls. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Niagara Falls.

Showing 3 of 4 records for Saylor in Canada.

Counts: City of Niagara Falls. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Niagara Falls. · Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

Netherlands1 record

1 record of the Saylor name in the Netherlands Dutch population registers
  1. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register James Saylor

    In the population register of Utrecht; born in Sunderland (Eng.).

    Open Archives, Het Utrechts Archief (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

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