Guilford Forename

337,379th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 613 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Guilford Forename Definition:

A Teutonic name, meaning: William’s ford.

Guilford Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States
100%
4251:853,02818,856
Indonesia-631:4,094,661171,955
New Zealand-361:126,0014,937
Jamaica-241:120,1344,769
England
100%
131:4,277,14841,317
Philippines
91%
 
101:10,600,948147,506
Canada-91:3,681,48643,248
Qatar
100%
51:473,92138,106
India
100%
51:242,975,5942,326,743
Panama-41:976,63921,104
Zambia-21:7,927,39745,785
South Africa
100%
21:27,266,324304,698
Brazil-21:107,118,077571,487
Kenya-11:46,307,11074,921
Hong Kong-11:7,752,72520,144
Nicaragua
100%
11:6,018,33634,175
Haiti-11:10,726,95341,696
Peru
100%
11:31,791,454110,866
Ecuador-11:17,726,91931,775
Dominican Republic-11:10,431,27030,761
Saint Lucia
100%
11:177,8158,104
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
100%
11:111,5807,062
Trinidad and Tobago-11:1,361,41934,512
Barbados-11:289,7893,893
Wales-11:3,094,30916,222
Australia-11:13,657,62255,904

Guilford (4,368) may also be a surname.

Guilford Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A Teutonic name, meaning: William’s ford.

Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead

Guilford Forename Popularity

Phonetically Similar Names

ForenameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Guillford941/
Gguilford941/
Gilford932,375/
Guilfor935/
Gillford8856/
Gilfford8810/
Guilfort882/
Ggilford881/
Ghilford881/
Gilfor863/
Glford861/
Guilforth821/
Gilfort8045/
Gleford8040/
Gelford8012/
Guelfor803/
Gilfour802/
Glfford801/
Glefford759/
Cwilford752/
Quilfort751/
Glefhord751/
Quelford751/
Gilfar7111/
Gualfredi711/
Gelfor711/
Glefort671/
Gilphard634/
Glfar627/
Gülfar5719/
Glefar571/
Gülfare5311/
Ghlfarz532/
Gülfarz531/

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Guilford