as a Last Name
- 8,217
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Bedford
Meaning & Origins
English: habitational name from the county seat of Bedfordshire, or a smaller place of the same name in Lancashire. Both are named with the Old English personal name Bēda + Old English ford ‘ford’. The name is now very common in Yorkshire as well as Bedfordshire.
| 3,748th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Bigford, Bodford, Badford, Bagford, Budford, Bedfordguaus, Bedfordhill, Bedfordlawson, Bedfordrichardson, Bedfors
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 8,217
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Oklahoma
- has the most people named Bedford per capita
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