# Byford

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #97,902

## Definitions
1. A village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref S03942).
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

## Etymology
From Old English byġe (“curve, bend”) + ford (“ford”), "ford at the river bend".

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/byford