The dunford Surname
dunford Name Meaning and History
English: habitational name from Dunford Bridge, a hamlet near
Penistone, West Yorkshire, so called from the river Don (a
British name, possibly meaning ‘river’) + Old English ford
‘ford’, or from Dunford House in Methley, West Yorkshire, which is
named in Old English as ‘Dunn’s ford’ (see Dunn 2). Reaney
suggests that the name may also have arisen from places called
Durnford in Somerset and Wiltshire. (Great) Durnford in Wiltshire was
named in Old English as ‘hidden ford’ (dierne + ford).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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