Etymology

Stafford

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Old English stæþ
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  1. Old English · inherited fromstæþ“landing place”
  2. English todayStafford

From Old English stæþ (“landing place”) + ford. As a surname, occasionally derived from Irish (see Stocker).

Words from the same roots

Old Englishstæþ all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.