Gifford Family History
Gifford Name Meaning
English (of Norman origin): variant of Giffard either from the Middle English personal name Gifard derived from an Old French name of this form deriving from ancient Germanic geb- ‘give gift’ + hard- ‘hardy brave’ or perhaps sometimes a nickname from Old French gif(f)ard ‘chubby-cheeked bloated’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022