# Welford

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #81,974

## Definitions
1. A village and civil parish in West Berkshire district, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU4073).
2. A village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire council area, Northamptonshire, England, previously in Daventry district (OS grid ref SP6480).
3. A habitational surname from Old English.

## Etymology
From either Old English wella (“well, spring, stream”) or welig (“willow”) + ford (“ford”).

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