My name dictionary (Dunkling 1983) says:
male or female, French placename and surname, used as first name 1900-25 in Britain.
"The name originally refers to a "minor" village, smaller than one which is nearby, and has nothing to do with being near the sea."
- chazda
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Georgia Ford, on needing a signature