Meaning & origin
What it means
Alvord is a form of Alford. Alford goes back to a word meaning “ford.”
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Where it comes from
Alvord is a form of Alford. Alford comes from Old English.
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The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1920. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Alvord through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 17
- 17 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1922
- 7 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1927. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 7 in 1922. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,870 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Alvord’s family of names
In English usage, Alvord as a surname has a related form in Alford.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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