English Explanatory Dictionary

Staniford

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname.

Word forms

Staniford Stanifords Staniforth Stanyforth

Etymology

"Dweller by a stony ford", probably near Sheffield, where the surname is common. From Old English stāniġ (“stony”) + ford (“ford”).

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