Tailor or wood-cleaver
Tailey is a modern diminutive or variation of the English occupational surname Taylor. It likely originated as a playful or feminine adaptation of the traditional name, which refers to a professional cutter of cloth.
Less common today
Tailey isn't in the latest US Top 1000. It last peaked at #9,329 in 2001.
US births per 5-year period, 1990–present (SSA data).
