Ford

Where Ford comes from

The dictionaries list Ford as a given name — a male given name transferred from the surname — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • 1 syllable
Along the way
  1. 1821
    Ford Madox Brown born
    British painter
  2. 1873
    Ford Madox Ford born
    English writer and publisher
  3. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #682 among boys — 8 babies in the first year on record.
  4. 1890
    Peak, #434
    17 babies named Ford — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1895
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #795.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes
  • Ford Madox Brown · British painter, 1821–1893
  • Ford Madox Ford · English writer and publisher, 1873–1939

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.