# Gifford

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #30,062

## Definitions
1. A surname.
2. A common placename in the United States, from the surname:
3. A common placename in the United States, from the surname:
4. A common placename in the United States, from the surname:
5. A common placename in the United States, from the surname:
6. A common placename in the United States, from the surname:
7. A common placename in the United States, from the surname:
8. A common placename in the United States, from the surname:
9. A common placename in the United States, from the surname:
10. A common placename in the United States, from the surname:
11. A neighbourhood in the City of Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada.
12. A village in East Lothian council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT5368).

## Etymology
Two main origins:
* Habitational surname for someone from Broughton Gifford, from the Old English personal name *Gydda + -ing (“belonging to”) + ford (“ford”).
* From Old French giffard (“chubby-cheeked, bloated”), perhaps a nickname for a big eater.

## Easily confused with
- **Guilford** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gifford-vs-guilford)

## Common misspellings (9)
`gfiford`, `ggifford`, `giffodr`, `giffordd`, `gifforrd`, `giffrod`, `gifofrd`, `giford`, `igfford`

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