English: habitational name from any of various places, such as
Hanford in Staffordshire and Handforth in Cheshire, named from Old
English han ‘stone’ (used as a marker) or hana
‘cock’, ‘male bird’, perhaps used as a byname, + Old English
ford ‘ford’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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