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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 ...
View history; Tools. Tools. move to sidebar hide. ... Woods is a common surname of English, Scottish and Irish origin. [1] [2] People with this surname include:
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]
Alice B. Woodward (1862–1951), British illustrator; Alun Woodward (born 1971), Scottish singer-songwriter known as Lord Cut-Glass; Anna Woodward (1868–1935), American painter
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
Wright is an occupational surname originating in England and Scotland. [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.