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Danford
How to Pronounce Danford
Pronounced DAN-furd /ˈdæn.fərd/Medium
Meaning: Danford is an English surname turned given name, in the -ford family whose element ford means a shallow river crossing; it sits close to names like Danforth and Sanford that share that landscape ending.Low
Popularity in the U.S. · SSA data
U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.
SSA data updated May 2026. How we source & verify this data.
History & Origin
Danford came into use as a first name the way many English surnames did, carried over from a family line whose -ford ending marks a river crossing. As a given name it was always scarce, reaching its modest high around 1948.
Never common, it was given to only a handful of boys a year, and it thinned out well before the century closed. A boy named Danford at that peak would be in his late seventies today. It reads as a sturdy, old-fashioned surname-name with a steady, no-nonsense sound.
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What does the name Danford mean?
It is an English surname in the -ford family, whose ending means a shallow river crossing.
How do you pronounce Danford?
It is said DAN-furd /ˈdæn.fərd/, two syllables with the stress on the first.
Is Danford a boy or girl name?
Danford is used as a boy's name.
How popular is Danford?
It has always been rare, given to only a handful of boys a year at its peak in the late nineteen-forties.