The story
- Old French · derived fromtailler“to cut”
- English todayTelfer
Scottish and North English surname, from a personal name based on a byname for a strong man or ferocious warrior, from Old French tailler (“to cut”) + fer (“iron”).
Words from the same roots
Old Frenchtailler all →
Tallant
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.