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The locational name also appeared in early records Latinised as de Bosco [3] (from the Old French bois, meaning "wood"). [4] Another derivation for the surname is from a nickname of an eccentric or violent person, derived from the Old English wōd , [ 2 ] wad , [ 1 ] and Middle English wod , wode , all meaning "frenzied" or "wild".
The surname Wood is common throughout Britain. There are two possible origins of the name. The most common origin is from a topographic name, used to describe a person who lived in or worked in a wood or forest. A less common origin of the name is as a nickname for an eccentric or violent person. [3] [4] [5]
Woods is a common surname of English, Scottish and Irish origin. [1] [2] People with this surname include: A. Aaron Woods (born 1991 ... Wood (surname) References
The name was originally given to one dwelling at the foot of a wood or literally "below the trees of a forest". The name may also be locational from three places named with these elements, e.g. Underwood in Derbyshire, England, and Underwood, Nottinghamshire, England. The surname is first recorded in the latter half of the 12th century (see below).
Greenwood is a British surname, believed to be derived from the Greenwood or Greenwode settlement near Heptonstall in the metropolitan district of Calderdale in West Yorkshire. It was the homestead of Wyomarus de Greenwode, believed to be the principal ancestor of British Greenwoods, though some claim to be of French descent. [1]
Holt is a surname and placename, of Proto-Germanic origin and meaning a small wood or grove of trees. [1] It derives from the Old English word holt and is a near-synonym of "wold" (from Old English wald), originally denoting a forested upland. Those words are cognate with the modern German words "Holz" and "Wald" respectively. [citation needed]
Wright is an occupational surname originating in England. [1] The term 'Wright' comes from the circa 700 AD Old English word 'wryhta' or 'wyrhta', meaning worker or shaper of wood. Later it became any occupational worker [2] [3] (for example, a shipwright is a person who builds ships), and is used as a British family name.