Given name & surname

Hungerford

“hunger, famine”

Hungerford is a surname, probably from Old English.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Hungerford probably goes back to Old English hungor, meaning “hunger, famine.”

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Where it comes from

Hungerford probably comes from Old English.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

Probably from Old English hungor (“hunger, famine”).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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