Hanford Family History
Hanford Name Meaning
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’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press