Taillefer (disambiguation)

Taillefer is originally an Old French nickname (from the medieval Latin incisor ferri or sector ferri, meaning "hewer of iron"). It may refer to:

• Taillefer, an eleventh-century Norman juggler and singer.
• the Taillefer Rocks, small Tasmanian granite islands
• the Massif du Taillefer in the Dauphiné Alps
• Le Taillefer, highest peak in the Massif du Taillefer
• The House of Taillefer was the first dynasty of Counts of Angoulême (839–1246)
• Taillefer (Strauss), a cantata for choir, soloists and orchestra written by German composer Richard Strauss in 1903

People with the surname

• Germaine Tailleferre born Marcelle Germaine Taillefesse (1892–1983), French composer

See also

• William Taillefer (disambiguation), several medieval rulers had this name
• Telfer (disambiguation), Scottish surname based on Taillefer
• Taliaferro, a Virginian family
• All pages with titles containing Taillefer