The rayford Surname
rayford Name Meaning and History
- English (also Wrayford): topographic name for someone who lived by a ford on the Wray river.
- Probably an Americanized spelling of German Reifarth, Raifarth, or Reifert, from a Germanic personal name composed of the elements ric ‘power(ful)’ + frid- ‘peace’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Thread | Author | Replies |
| RAYFORD 1 Horace B 1898-1932 |
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| RAYFORD 1 Howard B 1925-1944 |
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| Origin of Rayford Name | Xavier T. Rayford | 15 |
| RAYFORD Mattie E and Leon M |
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| MISSISSIPPI / MICHIGAN RAYFORDS |
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| Rayford's of Arkansas | Chester L. Rayford, Jr. | 0 |
| Raiford/Rayford: Patience and Bennett Raiford |
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| RAYFORD HERITAGE | James Walter Rayford | 2 |
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