Surname

Pulford

“pool, pond”

Pulford is a surname from Old English.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Pulford goes back to Old English pōl, meaning “pool, pond.”

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where it comes from

Pulford comes from Old English.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Old English pōl (“pool, pond”).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Similar names

If you love Pulford, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Old English

Fulford

“dirty, muddy”

No U.S. birth series

67% boys · 33% girls

Old English

Holford

“hole; hollow, sunken”

No U.S. birth series

60% boys · 40% girls

Old English

Mundford

“ford”

No U.S. birth series

—

Old English

Durnford

“secret, hidden”

No U.S. birth series

—

Old English

Shelford

“shallow” · “ford”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Old English

Pusey

“pea”

No U.S. birth series

—

Old English

Passfield

“field”

No U.S. birth series

—

Old English

Mitford

“middle”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Sibling ideas

Names that share Pulford’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

A brother for Pulford

A sister for Pulford