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Woodward

in Massachusetts

There are 897 people with the last name "Woodward" in Massachusetts.

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Ranking in Massachusetts

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Woodward 805
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  1. is 801st most common Enos
  2. is 802nd most common Acevedo
  3. is 803rd most common Mercier
  4. is 804th most common Dacosta
  5. is 805th most common Woodward
  6. is 806th most common Mack
  7. is 807th most common Ng
  8. is 808th most common Shields
  9. is 809th most common Cobb

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Woodward

David, Richard, John, James, Charles, Thomas, Robert, Patricia, Michael, Susan

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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