Ashford is an English habitational surname from any of several places called Ashford. Those in Essex, Devon, Derbyshire, and Shropshire are named from Old English æsc ‘ash’ + ford ‘ford’.
One in Surrey is first recorded in 969 as Ecelesford, probably from a personal name Eccel, a diminutive of ecca ‘edge (of a sword)’ + ford. The one in Kent is from æscet ‘clump of ash trees’ + ford.[1]
Notable people with the surname include:
- Agnes Ashford, evangelist
- Alan Ashford, cricketer
- Annaleigh Ashford, actress
- Bailey Ashford, tropical medicine physician
- Brad Ashford (1949-2022), American politician
- Christopher Ashford, wrestler
- Daisy Ashford, writer
- Daniel F. Ashford, politician
- David Ashford, politician
- Emmett Ashford, Major League Baseball umpire
- Evelyn Ashford, athlete
- Frederick Ashford, athlete
- John Ashford, theatre director
- Lindsay Ashford, writer
- Mary Ashford, murder victim
- Matthew Ashford, actor
- Michelle Ashford (born 1960), American screenwriter and film producer
- Nellie Ashford, American visual artist
- Nickolas Ashford (1941–2011), American singer, songwriter and producer
- Rob Ashford, American stage director and choreographer
- Robert Ashford, law professor
- Rosalind Ashford (born 1943), American singer with Martha and the Vandellas
- Ryan Ashford, English footballer
- Shorty Ashford, Us country singer
- Thomas Ashford (1859–1913), English recipient of the Victoria Cross
- Tucker Ashford, baseball player
- Volney Ashford, football coach
- William Ashford, painter
- William George Ashford (1874–1925), Australian politician
Fictional characters
edit- Alfred, Alexia and Veronica Ashford in the video game Resident Evil, Code: Veronica
- Angela Ashford, in the Resident Evil movie series
- Milly Ashford, in Sunrise's anime Code Geass
References
edit- ^ Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
External links
edit- Ancestry.com Map of name distribution in the UK and US
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