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Woodward

in Alabama

There are 409 people with the last name "Woodward" in Alabama.

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Ranking in Alabama

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Woodward 1,476
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  1. is 1,472nd most common Bedsole
  2. is 1,473rd most common Eldridge
  3. is 1,474th most common Mckinnon
  4. is 1,475th most common Sprayberry
  5. is 1,476th most common Woodward
  6. is 1,477th most common Byars
  7. is 1,478th most common Coffman
  8. is 1,479th most common Dockery
  9. is 1,480th most common Hurley

Similar Names and Nicknames

Wood, Woods, Woodard, Woodruff, Woodson, Woody, Woodall, Woodworth, Woodbury, Wooden

Most Common First Names for Woodward

James, John, Mary, Charles, Danny, Amy, Betty, Catherine, David, Samuel

Meaning & History

English:

  • 1. occupational name for a forester employed to look after the trees and game in a forest, Middle English woodward (from the Old English elements mentioned at 2).
  • 2. perhaps also from an Old English personal name Wuduweard, composed of the elements wudu ‘wood’ + weard ‘guardian’, ‘protector’.

    • FOREBEARS Henry Woodward emigrated from England in 1635 and settled first in Dorchester, MA, and subsequently in Northampton, MA. He had many prominent descendants. Another Henry Woodward, born about 1646 in the British West Indies, was the first English settler in SC (1664).

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