Wallingford
town · Oxfordshire
Old EnglishSurmised
Suggested2 sources · historical forms · name elements
Wallingford means 'Wæling's ford'. It refers to a ford belonging to a tribe or family named Wælingas.
Word origins
- Walling
- Old EnglishTribal/family name(from Wælingas "followers of Waegl")
- ford
- Old EnglishFord(from ford "ford")
Historical forms
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