Given name & surname
Winford
“from a friend's ford”
Winford is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “from a friend's ford.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “from a friend's ford.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1889. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Winford through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 4,503
- 4,503 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1928
- 116 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 6 in 2009. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 116 in 1928. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,555 as a first name in 2020; 1,254 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.
Winford’s family of names
Winford has a related form in Winforde. Winford has a related form in Winnford. Winford has a related form in Winnforde.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 7
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Winford
- Wynn StewartAmerican singer1934–1985
- Winford BoynesAmerican basketball player (born 1957)
- Winford Lee LewisAmerican chemist (1878-1943)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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