# Wolford

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #90,072

## Definitions
1. A habitational surname from Old English. From the villages of Great and Little Wolford, in Warwickshire
2. A city in Pierce County, North Dakota, United States.

## Etymology
From Old English wulf (“wolf”) + weard (“guard, protector”). The second element was at some point misanalyzed as ford.

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