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Merlyn Wood (stage name of William Wood), member of Brockhampton (band) Michael Wood (disambiguation), multiple people Michael M. Wood (21st century), American diplomat and ambassador; Michael Wood (academic) (active since 1971), former chair of the Princeton University English Department; Michael Wood (cryptographer), American author The Jesus ...
An early occurrence of this surname (of a personal residing near a wood) is de la Wode, recorded in Hertfordshire, England, in 1242. [2] 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 ...
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 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]
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]
Woodrow is the male English given name which was originally an English surname which may originally derive from a toponym meaning "row of houses by a wood" in Old English. [citation needed] Other sources suggest the name directly derives from woodroe ("the border hedge"), an appellation for a border guard.
There are seven theories on its origin: [citation needed] The spilling of blood from the warrior class of ancient Germanic soldiers; Ethnic name for an Anglo-Saxon, derived from rot (meaning "red" before the 7th century), referencing red-haired people; Topographical name, derived from rod (meaning "wood"), meaning a dweller in such a location;
Langley is a habitational surname from any of the numerous places named with Old English Lang (meaning ‘long’) + lēah (meaning ‘wood’ or ‘glade’) List of people with this surname [ edit ]