Heffer Family History
Heffer Name Meaning
from Middle English heifer heifor (Old English hēafore hēafre) ‘heifer young cow’ apparently attested in the 1327 example. Some of the following bearers may belong with (2) or (3). variant of Hefford with loss of final -d. However the word heifer in (1) also appears from the 16th century as heckforde heckfurthe heffarth and hefforth (
Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016