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Woodward

in Illinois

There are 842 people with the last name "Woodward" in Illinois.

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Ranking in Illinois

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Woodward 1,252
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  1. is 1,248th most common Schaffer
  2. is 1,249th most common Song
  3. is 1,250th most common Archer
  4. is 1,251st most common Weeks
  5. is 1,252nd most common Woodward
  6. is 1,253rd most common Buss
  7. is 1,254th most common Mcpherson
  8. is 1,255th most common Meza
  9. is 1,256th most common Pennington

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Woodward

Michael, James, John, William, David, Charles, Robert, Ronald, Susan, Daniel

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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