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