Släkthistoria för Guildford
Guildford Vad efternamn betyder
from Guildford (Surrey) which is recorded as Gyldeforda in about 880 Gildeford Geldeford in 1086 and Guldeford in 1131– The place-name derives from Old English *gylde ‘golden’ (perhaps used as a hill-name *Gylde ‘golden one’) + ford ‘ford river crossing’. The reference is to the colour of the sandy escarpment at Saint Catherine's.
Källa: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016
