Romford
English
Etymology
From Old English rūm (“broad, spacious”) + ford (“ford”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ɹɒmfəd/
Proper noun
Romford (countable and uncountable, plural Romfords)
- A large town in the borough of Havering, Greater London; historically a market town in Essex.
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Statistics
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Romford is the 86519th most common surname in England, belonging to 24 individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Romford”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
Anagrams
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