Taylon is a modern English-style name, probably influenced by Taylor, the occupational surname meaning tailor.
Taylon is a contemporary phonetic respelling of Taylor, a name with deep occupational roots in medieval England. Taylor — from the Old French tailleur and the Latin taliare, meaning "to cut" — was one of the most common craft surnames of the Middle Ages, designating the person who cut and sewed cloth into garments. Like many occupational surnames, Taylor made the journey into given-name territory during the twentieth century, riding the wave of surname-as-first-name fashion that also produced names like Hunter, Mason, and Carter.
By the 1990s, Taylor had become a genuinely popular given name for both boys and girls across the anglophone world. The Taylon spelling represents a further creative evolution: by replacing the terminal -or with -on, the name acquires a rhythmic quality more in keeping with other contemporary name endings like Jaylen, Ayden, and Grayson. This respelling is most common in African American naming traditions, which have long demonstrated sophisticated creativity in transforming familiar phonetic material into something individualized and intentional.
The -on suffix gives Taylon a slightly more masculine edge while retaining the name's essential familiar sound. As a name, it sits at the intersection of a centuries-old occupational heritage and a thoroughly contemporary American naming sensibility — old craft, new form.