Stafford

Where Stafford comes from

From Old English stæþ (“landing place”) + ford. As a surname, occasionally derived from Irish (see Stocker).
— Wiktionary's entry for Stafford
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1818
    Stafford Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh born
    British politician
  2. 1882
    First appearance
    #943 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1884
    Peak, #764
    7 babies named Stafford — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1885
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  5. 1918
    Stafford Repp born
    American actor
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes
  • Stafford Repp · American actor, 1918–1974
  • Stafford Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh · British politician, 1818–1887
  • Stafford L. Warren · American physician and radiologist, 1896–1981
  • Stafford LeRoy Irwin · United States general, 1893–1955
  • Stafford Fairborne · Royal Navy admiral of the fleet;, 1666–1742

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.