Given name

Windford

Windford is used as a given name.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Windford isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1923. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Windford through the years

Babies since 1880
11
11 boys · 0 girls
Most popular year
1930
6 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
024619401960198020002025Highest share 19300.0
Windford in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1923–2025, per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 1930. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

Similar names

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

Old-fashioned

Willian

“will” · “desire”

22RareSteady

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Wilton

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English · Old-fashioned

Wilfred

“one who wishes for peace”

26RareSteady

>99% boys

English · Old-fashioned

Rexford

“from the king's ford”

23RareSteady

>99% boys

German · Old-fashioned

Wilbert

“one who is willful; a bright man”

22RareEasing

>99% boys

Old-fashioned

Willis

“will” · “desire”

32RareSteady

>99% boys

 

Webb

“a weaver”

20RareEasing

>99% boys

Old-fashioned

Wilber

“one who is willful; a bright man”

25RareEasing

>99% boys

Sibling ideas

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

A brother for Windford

A sister for Windford