Wood Family Name Meaning
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Wood family name meaning. In 1840 there were 1 592 wood families living in new york. Our name signs are custom made and can be designed as one piece ready to brighten a room or apply to a craft project. The wood family name was found in the usa the uk canada and scotland between 1840 and 1920. It is common throughout the world especially countries with historical links to great britain.
From a surname meaning sawer of wood in middle english. Wood is a surname in the english language. Wood surname meaning origin. Mark twain used it for the hero in his novel the adventures of tom sawyer 1876.
1 originally used to describe a person who lived in or worked in a wood or forest. This web page shows only a small excerpt of our wood research. Early history of the wood family. Ontario had the highest population of wood families in 1911.
Another 197 words 14 lines of text covering the years 1350 1597 1672 1666 1502 1478 1486 1488 1495 1500 1455 1539 1604 1675 1654 1597 1671 1661 1671 1622 1685 1610 and 1682 are included under the topic early wood history in all our pdf extended history products and printed. For the most part the surname wood originated as a. The wood family name was found in the usa the uk canada and scotland between 1840 and 1920. This was about 26 of all the recorded wood s in the usa.
Originally denoted a person who hailed from one of the various places in britain called marley ultimately meaning either pleasant wood boundary wood or marten wood in old english. The most wood families were found in the uk in 1891. English name adopted as a translation of ó cuill descendant of coll see quill or in ulster of mac con coille son of cú choille a personal name meaning hound of the wood which has also been mistranslated cox as if formed with coileach cock rooster. The most wood families were found in the uk in 1891.
This was about 49 of all the recorded wood s in canada. Silvanus m roman mythology ancient roman biblical biblical latin roman name derived from latin silva meaning wood forest. Silvanus was the roman god of forests. Yorkshire had the highest population of wood families in 1891.
One of the main characters in charles dickens a christmas carol 1843 bears this surname. In 1891 there were 20 568 wood families living in yorkshire. Derived from middle english wode meaning wood 2 possibly derived from the old english wad meaning crazed or crazy the name was sometimes used to describe someone considered mad or violent. In 1911 there were 4 081 wood families living in ontario.
This was about 22 of all the recorded wood s in the uk. Topographic name for someone who lived in the woods see wood. The most wood families were found in the uk in 1891.