Longford Surname Meaning & Coat of Arms

The last name Longford is one of the recorded forms of Langford, a well-known English family name. Its meaning, shared with Langford, is “long ford”. The two spellings differ in a small detail: Longford has “o” where Langford has “a”. Census takers and immigration officers often wrote what they heard. The same family of names includes Lankford.

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named Longford, so the heraldry linked to Langford is a starting point, not an automatic right. Get the complete Longford report, with a museum-style coat of arms.