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Woodward

in Connecticut

There are 410 people with the last name "Woodward" in Connecticut.

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Ranking in Connecticut

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Woodward 802
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  1. is 798th most common Merrill
  2. is 799th most common Corey
  3. is 800th most common Holt
  4. is 801st most common Nielsen
  5. is 802nd most common Woodward
  6. is 803rd most common Church
  7. is 804th most common Mongillo
  8. is 805th most common Scully
  9. is 806th most common Zhang

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Woodward

Thomas, David, Robert, Stephen, William, John, Karen, Mary, Richard, Sandra

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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