Given name & surname · also Middle English
Hereford
“army”
Hereford is a surname from Middle English, ultimately from Old English.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Hereford goes back to Old English here, meaning “army.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Hereford comes from Middle English, and ultimately from Old English.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Middle English Hereford, from Old English Hereford, from Old English here (“army”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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