Bickford Family History
Bickford Name Meaning
English: habitational name from either Beckford Farm in Membury (Devon) Bickford Town in Plympton Saint Mary (Devon) or Bickford in Staffordshire. Beckford Farm is from the Old English personal name Becca + Old English ford ‘ford’ whereas the other two examples are derived from the Old English personal name Bicca + ford ‘ford’. The surname is more common in Devon and Cornwall.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022