Crawford (name)

Crawford (name)
Crawford
Family name
Region of origin Scotland, England, Northern Ireland
Footnotes: [1]

Crawford is a surname of English, Scottish and Northern Irish origin. In some cases it is a habitational name derived from several different places called Crawford (for example Crawford, South Lanarkshire, Scotland; Dorset, England; and Somerset, England). The placename is derived from the Old English craw, meaning "crow"; and ford, meaning "ford". The surname is in some cases also a variant spelling of the English surname Crowfoot (see Crofoot).[2]

See also Clan Crawford.

Surname

See also

  • Earl of Crawford, title of Scottish nobility created in 1398
  • Crawford (disambiguation), other things named Crawford

References

  1. ^ British surnames
  2. ^ "Crawford Name Meaning and History". Ancestry.com. http://www.ancestry.com/facts/Crawford-name-meaning.ashx. Retrieved 3 August 2009.  For the etymology of the surname Crawford this web page cites: Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4.

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