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Tayloe is indeed a name which occurs on occasion in the South, especially Virginia. It is a surname transfer. The Tayloe family has been prominent in Virginia for 300 years, and there have been examples of both men and women with Tayloe as a first name in that state.

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Tayloe seems to be an English surname, perhaps originally from Gloucestershire. I haven't been able to find a sure explanation of it; a site selling coats of arms claims it's just a variation of Taylor, but that may be a wild guess without substantiation.