Definition of "Gaylord"

Why should we Gaylords be above all the others, and why should I throw away the few short minutes I have to breathe in this world, throw it away on family pride and a seven-letter name? Gaylord. Gaylord. GAYLORD. A sound like an elm tree full of katydids.

1942, Stephen Longstreet, The Gay Sisters, Random House, page 81

Gaylord Ravenal elevated the right eyebrow and looked down his aristocratic nose at the capering little captain. "I am Gaylord Ravenal, of the Tennessee Ravenals. I failed to catch your name."

1926, Edna Ferber, Show Boat, Doubleday, Page & Co, page 181

He smiled often, he could make his knuckles crack like pistol shots, and he had the courtesy to address him as Gaylord, and not by some ridiculous title of his own.

1967, Eric Malpass, At the Height of the Moon, House of Stratus, published 2001, page 6