Mitford

English

Etymology

From either Old English midd (“middle”) + ford (“ford”), thus "the middle ford", or from Old English (ġe)mȳthe (“a stream junction”) + ford (“ford”), "the meeting ford", to denote the village situated where the rivers Font and Wansbeck meet.

Proper noun

Mitford

1. A surname.

Alternative forms

• Madford
• Meaford
• Medford
• Metford
• Midford

Derived terms

• Mitfordesque
• Mitfordian