Släkthistoria för Stainforth
Stainforth Vad efternamn betyder
one group of family names is from Stainforth in Hatfield (near Doncaster WR Yorks) and another from Stainforth in Giggleswick (near Settle WR Yorks). The first of these has probably become confused with Staniforth (from a locality in Sheffield). The place-names derive from Old English stān ‘stone rock’ later replaced by Old Scandinavian steinn ‘stone rock’ + Old English ford ‘shallow place by which water can be crossed ford’.
Källa: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016
