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Woodward

in Maine

There are 395 people with the last name "Woodward" in Maine.

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Ranking in Maine

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Woodward 514
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  1. is 510th most common Giles
  2. is 511th most common Lagasse
  3. is 512th most common Locke
  4. is 513th most common Sherman
  5. is 514th most common Woodward
  6. is 515th most common Coleman
  7. is 516th most common Charette
  8. is 517th most common Osgood
  9. is 518th most common Boudreau

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Woodward

John, Robert, Jason, Joanne, Mary, Sandra, Andrew, Charles

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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