Shefford

English

Etymology

From Old English sċēap (“sheep”) + ford (“ford”).

Proper noun

Shefford (countable and uncountable, plural Sheffords)

1. A town and civil parish in Central Bedfordshire district, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL1439).
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Derived terms

• Great Shefford

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Shefford is the 20991^st most common surname in England, belonging to 211 individuals.

References

• Survey of English Place-Names

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Shefford”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
• Forebears