Bayford

From the Old English personal name Bōia + ford (“ford”).
In Hertfordshire, recorded as Begesford 1086 (Domesday Book), and Begeford in 1090; the ford of a man called Bǣga. [1]

Bayford (countable and uncountable, plural Bayfords)

1. A village and civil parish in East Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL3108).
2. A large hamlet near Wincanton in Stoke Trister parish, South Somerset district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST7229).
3. An unincorporated community in Northampton County, Virginia, United States.
4. A habitational surname from Old English.

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Bayford is the 6521^st most common surname in England, belonging to 1044 individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Bayford”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 117.