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Woodward

in Maryland

There are 648 people with the last name "Woodward" in Maryland.

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Ranking in Maryland

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Woodward 803
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  1. is 799th most common Mcknight
  2. is 800th most common Vogel
  3. is 801st most common Dickens
  4. is 802nd most common Talley
  5. is 803rd most common Woodward
  6. is 804th most common Connelly
  7. is 805th most common Gorman
  8. is 806th most common Hardesty
  9. is 807th most common Molina

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Woodward

William, James, David, Robert, John, Charles, Mary, Michael, Barbara, Kevin

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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