Difford Family History
Difford Name Meaning
from one or more of the places named from a ‘deep ford’ (Middle English dep + ford Old English dēop + ford) such as Defford (Worcs) Deptford (Kent) a lost Defford in Stanley (WR Yorks) and Dipper in Whitstone (Cornwall).
Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016