The Wood Surname
- Meaning
- dweller by a wood
- Type
- Locational
- Root
- Old English wudu
- Chiefly
- Throughout England and Scotland
For someone living by or working in a wood. Like Hill it arose separately wherever the feature did, which is nearly everywhere.
The Scots form Wud and the northern Woods are the same name.
Bestow the name a title it never had
An honorific Lord or Lady certificate in the Wood name, hand-finished and sealed, with a square metre of Scottish woodland dedicated alongside it. A novelty, magnificently done — and a good deal more fun than a family tree.
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