Given name & surname
Standford
“from the stony ford”
Standford is a variant of Stanford. One English interpretation is “from the stony ford.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Standford is a variant of Stanford. One English interpretation is “from the stony ford.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Standford is a variant of Stanford. An origin associated with Stanford is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1927. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Standford through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 25
- 25 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1955
- 10 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 10 in 1955. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 411 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.
Standford’s family of names
Standford has a related form in Stanford.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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