Ashford Family History
Ashford Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of several places called Ashford. Those in Devon Derbyshire and Shropshire are named from Old English æsc ‘ash’ + ford ‘ford’. One in Middlesex is first recorded in 969 as Ecelesford and is probably from the personal name Eccel a diminutive of Ecca ‘edge (of a sword)’ + ford. The one in Kent is from æscet ‘clump of ash trees’ + ford.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022