Hartford Family History
Hartford Name Meaning
English: habitational name from East and West Hartford (Northumberland) Hartforth in Gilling (North Yorkshire) Hartford (Cheshire) or Hertford (Hertfordshire); less probably from Hartford End in Felsted (Essex) or Hartfordbridge in Elvetham (Hampshire). The placenames derive from Old English heorot ‘hart stag’ + ford ‘ford’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022