Bayford
English
Etymology
From the Old English personal name Bōia + ford (“ford”).
In Hertfordshire, recorded as Begesford 1086 (Domesday Book), and Begeford in 1090; the ford of a man called Bǣga. [1]
Proper noun
Bayford (countable and uncountable, plural Bayfords)
- A village and civil parish in East Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL3108).
- A large hamlet near Wincanton in Stoke Trister parish, South Somerset district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST7229).
- An unincorporatedcommunity in Northampton County, Virginia, United States.
- A habitational surname, from Old English.
Statistics
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Bayford is the 6521st most common surname in England, belonging to 1044 individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003) , “Bayford”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN
- Survey of English Place-Names