Ashford (surname)

Ashford is an English habitational surname from any of several places called Ashford. Those in Essex, Devon, Derbyshire, and Shropshire are named from Old English æsc ‘ash’ + ford ‘ford’.

One in Surrey is first recorded in 969 as Ecelesford, probably from a personal name Eccel, a diminutive of ecca ‘edge (of a sword)’ + ford. The one in Kent is from æscet ‘clump of ash trees’ + ford.

Notable people with the surname include:


 * Agnes Ashford, evangelist
 * Alan Ashford, cricketer
 * Annaleigh Ashford, actress
 * Bailey Ashford, tropical medicine physician
 * Brad Ashford (1949-2022), American politician
 * Christopher Ashford, wrestler
 * Daisy Ashford, writer
 * Daniel F. Ashford, politician
 * David Ashford, politician
 * Emmett Ashford, Major League Baseball umpire
 * Evelyn Ashford, athlete
 * Frederick Ashford, athlete
 * John Ashford, theatre director
 * Lindsay Ashford, writer
 * Mary Ashford, murder victim
 * Matthew Ashford, actor
 * Nellie Ashford, American visual artist
 * Nickolas Ashford (1941–2011), American singer, songwriter and producer
 * Rob Ashford, American stage director and choreographer
 * Robert Ashford, law professor
 * Rosalind Ashford (born 1943), American singer with Martha and the Vandellas
 * Ryan Ashford, English footballer
 * Shorty Ashford, Us country singer
 * Thomas Ashford (1859–1913), English recipient of the Victoria Cross
 * Tucker Ashford, baseball player
 * Volney Ashford, football coach
 * William Ashford, painter
 * William George Ashford (1874–1925), Australian politician

Fictional characters

 * Alfred, Alexia and Veronica Ashford in the video game Resident Evil, Code: Veronica
 * Angela Ashford, in the Resident Evil movie series
 * Milly Ashford, in Sunrise's anime Code Geass