Meanings
plural Hungerfords
- A placename:
- countableuncountableA town and civil parish with a town council in West Berkshire district, Berkshire (OS grid ref SU3368).
- countableuncountableA hamlet in Waltham St Lawrence parish, Windsor and Maidenhead borough, Berkshire (OS grid ref SU8274).
- countableuncountableA hamlet in Hyde parish, New Forest district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU1612).
- countableuncountableA hamlet in Munslow parish, Shropshire (OS grid ref SO5389).
- countableuncountableA hamlet in Old Cleeve parish, Somerset West and Taunton district, Somerset (OS grid ref ST0440).
- countableuncountableA settlement in Tweed municipality, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada.
- countableuncountableA township in Plymouth County, Iowa, United States.
- countableuncountableA census-designated place in Wharton County, Texas, United States, named after Daniel E. Hungerford.
- countableuncountableA locality situated on the New South Wales-Queensland border, located in the Shire of Bulloo in south-western Queensland and the Bourke council area in north-western New South Wales, Australia, named after Thomas Hungerford.
- countableuncountableA habitational surname from Old English.
Origin
- Old Englishhungor“hunger, famine”
- EnglishHungerford
From Old English hungor (“hunger, famine”) + ford (“ford”), a name which probably denoted an unproductive or barren land.
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Hungerford. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hungerford
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