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John Wood (disambiguation), multiple people J. A. Wood (1837–1910), American architect; John Augustus Wood (1818–1878), British soldier and Victoria Cross recipient; John B. Wood (1827–1884), American journalist; John C. Wood (born 1949), British professor of mathematics; John C. Wood, birth name of actor John Fortune
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 ...
Bambi Woods (born 1955), American pornographic actress; Barbara Alyn Woods (born c. 1965), American actress; Belita Woods (1948–2012), lead singer of R&B groups, Brainstorm and Parliament-Funkadelic
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]
Abe Woodson (1934–2014), American football player; Ali-Ollie Woodson (1951–2010), American musician; André Woodson (born 1984), American quarterback; Anthony Woodson (born 1988), Canadian football player
Combining the two German words, one gets "a worker of wood", or, literally translated, "room man" or "room worker". [1] [2] [3] Within the United States, it is ranked as the 441st-most common surname. [4] German names were regularly Anglicized with immigration. Surnames were often translated, so in this case, Zimmerman would become Carpenter ...
The modern surname may derive from any of several places called Woodhouse or Wodehouse in England, and people who share the surname are not necessarily related to the Womburne Woodhouse family, or to one another. Notable people with the surname include: Airini Woodhouse (1896–1989), New Zealand community leader, historian, and author
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]
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