Given name & surname · also Middle English
Rochford
“rook”
Rochford is a surname from Middle English, ultimately from Old French. It is used in English and Middle English.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Rochford goes back to Old English hrōc, meaning “rook.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Rochford comes from Middle English, and ultimately from Old French.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Middle English Rochford, from Old English hrōc (“rook”), from Old English ræċċ (“hunting dog”), from Old French roche (“rock, cliff”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Rochford’s family of names
The ring: across languages.
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Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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