Western numerology
Number 9 insight
Western numerology adds the letter values in the name and reduces them to a single guiding number.
Baby names
Boy name
Bedford
"Derived from the English place name, meaning Bede's ford Most frequently used as a surname; 'King Henry V' Duke of Bedford, brother to the King 'Henry VI, Part 1' Duke of Bedford, uncle to King Henry VI, and Regent of France"
Name profile
Bedford at a glance
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- English Shakespearean
- Western numerology
- 9
- Indian numerology
- 5
- Characters
- 7
- Popular
- 111 family views
Number meaning for Bedford
Indian numerology
Number 5 insight
Indian numerology uses a traditional letter map that many families prefer for cultural name matching.
Meaning and story
What does Bedford mean?
Bedford is listed in the BabyAZ name catalog with English, Shakespearean context. Its meaning is recorded as: Derived from the English place name, meaning Bede's ford Most frequently used as a surname; 'King Henry V' Duke of Bedford, brother to the King 'Henry VI, Part 1' Duke of Bedford, uncle to King Henry VI, and Regent of France
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Bel
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Belle
Girl
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Beautiful; Beautiful Diminutive of Amabel, Annabel, Belinda, or Isabel; Diminutive of Annabel: Variant of the Latin Amabel Edgar Allan Poe's poem 'Annahel Lee' made the form Annabel popular throughout the English-speaking world in the 19th century The form Annabelle became popular in the mid-2Oth century; Diminutive of Belinda: From the Old German Betlindis, which is derived from the word for snake
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Brother names
Brothers for Bedford
Sister names
Sisters for Bedford
Bel
Girl
Indian
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Girl
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beautiful snake; From the Old German Betlindis, which is derived from the word for snake; Pretty; Serpentine; Very beautiful
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Unisex
English
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Bentley
Unisex
Indian
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