Sanford

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Sanford

/ˈsænfɚd/ US

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Reduced variant of Sandford.

proper noun

A habitational surname from Old English.
A male given name transferred from the surname. “Sanford Finkelstein,” Danielle repeats. “Listen, isn't he the one that ostrich is based on, in your books?” “Well, I suppose in a way.” Erica smiles. “It was the name mostly. Sanford seemed like a good name for an ostrich.”
An unincorporated community in the Rural Municipality of MacDonald, Manitoba, Canada.
A small town in Covington County, Alabama.
A small statutory town in Conejos County, Colorado.
A sizable city, the county seat of Seminole County, Florida.
An unincorporated community in Stewart County, Georgia.
An unincorporated community in Pawnee County, Kansas.
A city in York County, Maine.
A village in Midland County, Michigan.
An unincorporated community in Covington County, Mississippi.
A town in Broome County, New York.
A city, the county seat of Lee County, North Carolina.
A small town in Hutchinson County, Texas.
A census-designated place in Accomack County, Virginia.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: bigelow, todd, stanford, stamford, samford, safford, sandford, salford, hanford, lanford, langford, ashford, bedford, bradford, hereford, guilford

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@misc{sanford_2026,
  title = {Sanford},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sanford},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}