The alford Surname
alford Name Meaning and History
English and Scottish: habitational name from any of various places
called Alford, for example in Somerset and Aberdeenshire. The first is
named with the Old English female personal name Ealdg¯{dh} +
ford ‘ford’. See also Alvord.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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