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Woodward

in Georgia

There are 1,125 people with the last name "Woodward" in Georgia.

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Ranking in Georgia

NameRank
Woodward 910
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  1. is 906th most common Christopher
  2. is 907th most common Ellington
  3. is 908th most common Milton
  4. is 909th most common Moran
  5. is 910th most common Woodward
  6. is 911th most common Rush
  7. is 912th most common Hensley
  8. is 913th most common Belcher
  9. is 914th most common Mayo

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Woodward

John, Richard, James, Michael, Robert, William, Charles, Donald, David, Elizabeth

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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