Hereford Family History
Hereford Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Hertford (Hertfordshire) (in which the t was lost early as in the modern pronunciation Harford) Hereford (Herefordshire) or Harford (Devon Gloucestershire). The Devon and Herefordshire placenames derive from Old English here ‘army’ + ford ‘ford’ while the Gloucestershire and Hertfordshire placenames derive from Old English heorot ‘hart stag’ + ford.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022