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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • English : from Old French pafard ‘shield’, hence a Norman nickname for a fighting man or metonymic occupational name for an armorer.
  • English : Pafford in Moretonhampstead or Parford in Drewsteignton, both named from Old English pæð ‘path’ + ford ‘ford’.

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