Stanford - Meaning of Stanford

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[ 2 syll. (s)tan-for(d), st-anfo-rd ] The baby boy name Stanford is pronounced as STAENFaoRD †. Stanford's language of origin is Old English and it is predominantly used in English. The name Stanford means 'from the stony ford'.

Variant forms of Stanford include the English Stamford, the name Stamforde, the name Stan, the English Standford, the name Standforde, and the name Stann.

See also the related category english.

Stanford is an unusual baby boy name. Its usage peaked modestly in 1931 with 0.012% of baby boys being named Stanford. It had a ranking of #504 then. The baby name has experienced a steep decline in popularity since then, and is used only on an infrequent scale today. Among all boy names in its family, Stanford was nevertheless the most regularly used in 2018.

Baby names that sound like Stanford include the English Stamford and the name Stamforde.

† Pronunciation for Stanford: S as in "see (S.IY)" ; T as in "tee (T.IY)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; F as in "fee (F.IY)" ; AO as in "ought (AO.T)" ; R as in "race (R.EY.S)" ; D as in "day (D.EY)"