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Updated June 9, 2019

Boy name origins & meanings

  • Old English : Red cliff
  • English : Helpful

How Popular Is The Name Radford

Family name origins & meanings

  • English : habitational name from any of the various places so named, for example in Devon, Nottinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Warwickshire, and Hereford and Worcester. Most are named from Old English rēad ‘red’ + ford ‘ford’, but it is possible that in some cases the first element may be a derivative of Old English rīdan ‘to ride’, with the meaning ‘ford that can be crossed on horseback’.

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