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.[1]

Notable people with the surname include:

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  1. ^ Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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