as a First Name
Mainly U.S.: transferred use of the surname, in origin a local name from any of numerous places in England called Sandford, from Old English sand ‘sand’ + ford ‘ford’. Use as a given name honours Peleg Sanford, an early governor (1680–3) of Rhode Island.
| 1,734th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 11,205
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Hawaii
- has the most people named Sanford per capita
- 1929
- marked the height of its popularity
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