Ford

English
"dweller at the ford"

Ford Origin and Meaning

The name Ford is a boy's name of English origin meaning "dweller at the ford".

The long association to the Ford Motor Company doesn't stand in the way of this being a strong, independent, single-syllable name.

Owen Wilson named his son Robert Ford—although the baby's name was first released as Ford Linton.

Among notable namesakes are writer Ford Madox Ford, author of The Good Soldier, who was born Ford Hermann Hueffer but changed his Germanic name to honor his grandfather, the Pre-Raphaelite painter Ford Madox Brown. Sportswriter Ford Frick was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.

There are many more outstanding surnamed Fords, including the presidential Gerald (born Leslie Lynch King, Jr) and his wife Betty, industrialist Henry, and actor Harrison, to name a few.

Ford can work on its own or be a short form of other names such as Clifford.

# 521 in the US

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# 490 on Nameberry

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Ford Popularity

Famous People Named Ford

  • Harrison Ford
    American actor
  • Henry Ford
    American industrialist
  • Ford Madox Ford (born Ford Hermann Hueffer)
    English novelist and poet
  • Ford Madox Brown
    English painter
  • Ford Rainey
    American actor
  • Ford Walker
    son of Elle Walker co,funder of YouTube channel "whatsupmoms"
  • Ford Beebe
    American screenwriter
  • Ford Quint Elvidge
    2nd Governor of Guam
  • Francis Ford Coppola
    American film director, producer, and screenwriter
  • Ford Martin Goddard (b. 2006)
    son of actor Daniel Goddard
  • Ford Jarrett (b. 2008)
    son of NASCAR driver Jason Jarrett; grandson of Dale Jarrett
  • Ford Murphy (b. 2014)
    son of director Ryan Murphy
  • Ford Sterling Clawson (b. 2015)
    son of songwriter Rodney Clawson and singer Nicolle Galyon
  • Ford Robert Clifton (b. 2016)
    son of actor Scott Clifton
  • Robert Ford Wilson (b. 2011)
    son of actor Owen Wilson
  • Ford Wilson Cameron
    Griffin (b.2013), son of NBA player, Blake Griffin and Brynn Cameron

Ford in Pop Culture

  • Ford Fairlane
    main character in film "The Adventures of Ford Fairlane"
  • Stanford "Ford" Pines
    a main character on the animated series "Gravity falls"
  • Ford Prefect
    character in "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"
  • Ford Brody
    character in film "Godzilla"
  • Ford Cruller
    a character in video game Psychonauts
  • Ford Hendrix
    character in "Susan's Mallery's Fools Gold" series
  • Ford
    female character on TV's "Chasing Life"
  • Nathan Ford
    character on "Leverage"
  • James "Sawyer" Ford
    character on "LOST"
  • Ford
    automaker founder by Henry Ford
  • Billy "Ford" Fordham
    character in Buffy The Vampire Slayer