Rumford Family History
Rumford Name Meaning
English (North Yorkshire and Durham):: English (northern): variant of a habitational name from a lost or as yet unlocated place called Rounthwait(e) (perhaps named with Old Norse raun ‘rowan tree’ + thveit ‘clearing’) perhaps in Durham or East Yorkshire. perhaps also a habitational name from Romford (Essex) which is probably named in Old English with rūm ‘roomy spacious wide’ + ford ‘ford river crossing’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022