Swinford Family History
Swinford Name Meaning
English (Gloucestershire Oxfordshire Kent): habitational name from Old Swinford (Worcestershire) Kingswinford (Staffordshire) Swinford (Leicestershire) Swinford in Cumnor (Berkshire) or Swinford in Hothfield (Kent) all of which are recorded Swineford or Swyneford in medieval documents. The placenames derive from Old English swīn ‘swine pig’ + ford ‘ford’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022