Shefford
English
Etymology
From Old English sċēap (“sheep”) + ford (“ford”).
Proper noun
Shefford (countable and uncountable, plural Sheffords)
- A town and civil parish in Central Bedfordshire district, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL1439).
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Derived terms
Statistics
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Shefford is the 20991st most common surname in England, belonging to 211 individuals.
References
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Shefford”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
- Forebears
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