Given name & surname
Burford
“from the castle near the ford”
Burford is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “from the castle near the ford.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “from the castle near the ford.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1917. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Burford through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 51
- 51 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1922
- 11 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 1936. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 11 in 1922. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 4,583 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.
Burford’s family of names
Burford has a related form in Buford. Burford has a related form in Buferd. Burford has a related form in Buferde.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 11
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Bufordvariant
- Buferdevariant
- Buferdvariant
- Bufurdevariant
- Bufurdvariant
- Bufordevariant
- Burferdevariant
- Burferdvariant
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