Name meaning & stats
Gaylord
Gaylord means “joyful” (Norman French origin). 2,646 US babies since 1940, peak 1942.
What it means
“joyful”
Norman FrenchWell documented
Originally a surname.
In US birth records
Peak year: 1942
2,646 US babies were named Gaylord between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Gaylord (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Name twins (peaked around 1942)