The hansford Surname
hansford Name Meaning and History
English (Dorset): habitational name from an unidentified place,
possibly Ansford in Somerset, which is recorded in Domesday Book as
Almundesford, from the genitive case of the Old English
personal name Ealhmund (composed of the elements ealh
‘temple’ + mund ‘protection’) + Old English ford
‘ford’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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