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.

Ford Rank in US Top 1000

# 570 in the US

Ford Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 355 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Ford

• 570 US 2024
• 355 Nameberry 2025
• 454 Future 2028

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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

The name 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