Buford is a boy's name of English origin meaning “castle and ford.” It is a rare choice in US records.
Buford belongs to the English & American tradition. Its meaning — “castle 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, Buford first appears in Social Security records in 1880. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #311 in 1910, and in 2024 0 babies received the name — 10,848 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Buford means “castle and ford” in its English roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Buford is a boy name.
Buford comes from the English & American tradition.
Buford first appears in US records in 1880. Its best-ever ranking was #311 in 1910, 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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