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Woodward

in California

There are 2,763 people with the last name "Woodward" in California.

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Woodward 994
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  1. is 990th most common Kirby
  2. is 991st most common Sorensen
  3. is 992nd most common Barr
  4. is 993rd most common Gamez
  5. is 994th most common Woodward
  6. is 995th most common Mcdowell
  7. is 996th most common Richard
  8. is 997th most common Sawyer
  9. is 998th most common York

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Woodward

John, David, Robert, James, Michael, Mary, William, Richard, Thomas

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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