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Woodward

in Minnesota

There are 365 people with the last name "Woodward" in Minnesota.

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Ranking in Minnesota

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Woodward 1,313
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  1. is 1,309th most common Lambrecht
  2. is 1,310th most common Leslie
  3. is 1,311th most common Phan
  4. is 1,312th most common Poole
  5. is 1,313th most common Woodward
  6. is 1,314th most common Erlandson
  7. is 1,315th most common Healy
  8. is 1,316th most common Letourneau
  9. is 1,317th most common Spears

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Woodward

David, John, Paul, Mary, Donald, Gary, Christopher, Karen, Mark, Michael

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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