The medford Surname
medford Name Meaning and History
Apparently an English habitational name from an unidentified
place. Possibly it originated in North America, from Medford, MA, which
is named as ‘the ford by the meadow’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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