Surname Origin

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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