Given name & surname

Watford

“wet”

Watford is a surname from Old English.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Watford goes back to Old English wæt, meaning “wet.”

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where it comes from

Watford comes from Old English.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Old English wæt (“wet”).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Watford’s family of names

In English usage, Watford as a surname has a related form in WADFORD.

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The ring: nicknames and forms.

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Nicknames & forms 1

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Similar names

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Old English

Wakeford

“wake, watch”

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Old English · Nature

Axford

“ash tree”

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Old English

Watton

“settlement”

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Old English

Walsworth

“Briton” · “enclosure”

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Old English

Swanford

“herdsman”

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Germanic

Watling

“Celt; later Roman”

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Old English · Nature

Warter

“tree of the felon”

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Old English

Mitford

“middle”

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