# Walford

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #56,527

## Definitions
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7. A habitational surname from Old English.

## Etymology
Various origins:
* The village in Shropshire is named with Old English wella (“well, spring, stream”) + ford (“ford”).
* The village in Herefordshire is named with Old English wealh (“foreigner; Briton”) + ford (“ford”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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