Hereferd is used as a family name or surname in Ireland, England. It is 8 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Hereferd
No. of characters: 8
Origin: Ireland, England
Meaning:

Variant of the Hereford. From the city. The Herefords of Sufton Court, county of Hereford, claim from roger de Hereford, a famous philosopher of the XII century.

Hereferd is a variant of the Hartford. One who came from Hartford meaning "stag ford" or Hereford meaning "army ford," the names of several places in England.

Family name is a variation of Harford. The town and county of Hertford are vulgarly so pronounced, but there is a parish of Harford in Devonshire with which however the family do not appear to have been connected. According to Burke, "the cunabula gentis was Bosbury, county of Hereford, in the church of which parish there are several ancient monuments of the family." B.L.G.

Variant form of Hertford. A town in South-East England, derived from the Anglo-Saxon elements "heort" and "ford" meaning deer crossing.

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