Given name & surname

Fulford

“dirty, muddy”

Fulford is a surname from Old English.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Fulford goes back to Old English fūl, meaning “dirty, muddy.”

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where it comes from

Fulford comes from Old English.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Old English fūl (“dirty, muddy”).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Similar names

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Old English

Fulwood

“dirty, foul”

No U.S. birth series

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Old English

Fulmer

“wild fowl”

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78% boys · 22% girls

Old English

Pulford

“pool, pond”

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Old English

Holford

“hole; hollow, sunken”

No U.S. birth series

60% boys · 40% girls

Old English

Mundford

“ford”

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Old English

Durnford

“secret, hidden”

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Old English

Romford

“broad, spacious”

No U.S. birth series

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Old English

Watford

“wet”

No U.S. birth series

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