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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • English : habitational name from several places called Heyford in Northamptonshire and Oxfordshire, or Hayford in Buckfastleigh, Devon, all named with Old English hēg ‘hay’ + ford ‘ford’.

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