Sanford
A boys’ name of Old English origin, meaning sandy ford or crossing.
Babies a year
11
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Sanford by the numbers
Sanford was given to 11 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 316 babies in 1929, so it is a 1920s name that has since fallen a long way.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Sanford. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean a river
Like Sanford, each of these has a river in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Kendallvalley of the river Kent1,634 in the US (2017)
- Wadeto go or ford across water899 in the US (2017)
- Trentonsettlement of the trent river673 in the US (2017)
- Monroemouth of the Roe river; a surname as given name559 in the US (2017)
- Zairethe river; from Congo River name349 in the US (2017)
- Clydefrom the river Clyde344 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Sanford
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