Släkthistoria för Hefford
Hefford Vad efternamn betyder
variant of Hayford. This is sometimes a dialect pronunciation of Hawford or Hawforth (see Halford and Alford) as suggested by William Hefford 1610 Elizab Hawford 1617 in IGI (Peatling Magna Leics); Robert Heyford 1627 Nathaniel Halford 1629 Samuell Heferd 1675 Ann Heford 1733 in IGI (Husbands Bosworth Leics); Nathaniel Halford 1702 John Hawford 1706 John Heffer 1719 in IGI (Wellingborough Northants). The variation in the vowel would have arisen from the common change of -aw- to -ay- shortened to -e-.
Källa: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016
