Beresford is a boy's name of English origin meaning “beaver and ford.” It is a rare choice in US records.
Beresford belongs to the English & American tradition. Its meaning — “beaver and ford” — is the sense carried by its English roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Beresford first appears in Social Security records in 1958. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #4001 in 1958, and in 2024 0 babies received the name — 5 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Beresford means “beaver and ford” in its English roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Beresford is a boy name.
Beresford comes from the English & American tradition.
Beresford first appears in US records in 1958. Its best-ever ranking was #4001 in 1958, and 0 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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