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Woodward

in Kentucky

There are 562 people with the last name "Woodward" in Kentucky.

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Ranking in Kentucky

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Woodward 944
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  1. is 940th most common Frost
  2. is 941st most common Renfro
  3. is 942nd most common Hutchins
  4. is 943rd most common Denny
  5. is 944th most common Woodward
  6. is 945th most common Pence
  7. is 946th most common Ramirez
  8. is 947th most common Jolly
  9. is 948th most common Hutchison

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Woodward

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

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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