Staford Last Name: Meaning and Heraldic Roots

Staford is best understood together with Stafford: both are English spellings of one family name. Taken at its root, Staford points to “Ford by a landing place”.

• Staford drops the “f” of Stafford, a simplification that clerks often made.
• Local scribes, dialects and emigration all left their mark on how the name was written.
• Other spellings include Stafforde and Staffard.

Arms associated with the name

Arms linked to Stafford and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to. For the full story, order the Staford surname pack.