The byfield Surname
byfield Name Meaning and History
English: topographic name for someone who lived near a patch of
open land, from Middle English by ‘by’, ‘beside’ + felde
‘open land, for pasture or cultivation’, or a habitational name with
the same meaning, from a place named Byfield, from Old English
bi + feld, for example in Northamptonshire.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Byfield, Lawrence Everett-Obit |
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| Byfield, Lawrence Everett-Obit |
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| Lewis S. Byfield | Charles Byfield | 26 |
| I am a Bradford-on-Avon born Byfield | Michael Byfield | 6 |
| Byfield Information Help? |
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| I would like to take a poll | Leslie-Ann Byfield | 4 |
| Byfields, Jamaica U.S.A |
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| Byfields, Indiana to Kansas |
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| Byfield family in Washington |
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