Given name & surname
Sandford
“from the sandy crossing”
Sandford is a variant of Sanford. One English interpretation is “from the sandy crossing.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Sandford is a variant of Sanford. One English interpretation is “from the sandy crossing.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Sandford is a variant of Sanford. An origin associated with Sanford is Old English.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In English use, Sandford is used as a variant of Sanford.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1912. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Sandford is a variant of Sanford. The history of Sanford gives this family its wider story. Sanford’s naming history includes the use of a family name as a given name.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Sandford through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 421
- 421 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1947
- 19 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 7 in 1972. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 19 in 1947. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 229 as a first name in 2020; 2,205 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.
Sandford’s family of names
Sandford has a related form in Sanford.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Sandford
- Sandford FlemingScottish-born Canadian engineer and inventor (1827-1915)
- Sandford SchultzEnglish cricketer (1857-1937)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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