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Woodward

in Mississippi

There are 382 people with the last name "Woodward" in Mississippi.

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Ranking in Mississippi

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Woodward 962
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  1. is 958th most common Dill
  2. is 959th most common Hobbs
  3. is 960th most common Parsons
  4. is 961st most common Stockstill
  5. is 962nd most common Woodward
  6. is 963rd most common Chambliss
  7. is 964th most common Fitzgerald
  8. is 965th most common Jarrell
  9. is 966th most common Mathews

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Woodward

John, David, James, Barbara, Charles, Daniel, Mary, Robert, Christopher, Donald

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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