Given name & surname
Linford
“from the linden-tree ford”
Linford is a variant of Lindford. One English interpretation is “from the linden-tree ford.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Linford is a variant of Lindford. One English interpretation is “from the linden-tree ford.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Linford is a variant of Lindford. An origin associated with Lindford is English.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
It entered given-name use through an existing surname.
The story
Its naming history includes the use of a family name as a given name.
Linford through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 779
- 779 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1921
- 20 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 2019. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 589 as a first name in 2020; 1,136 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.
Linford’s family of names
Linford has a related form in Lindford.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Linford
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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