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Woodward

in New Hampshire

There are 374 people with the last name "Woodward" in New Hampshire.

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Ranking in New Hampshire

NameRank
Woodward 405
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  1. is 401st most common Reid
  2. is 402nd most common Harrison
  3. is 403rd most common Pearson
  4. is 404th most common Duval
  5. is 405th most common Woodward
  6. is 406th most common Conway
  7. is 407th most common Chandler
  8. is 408th most common Mullen
  9. is 409th most common Wagner

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Woodward

Robert, William, David, Richard, Jeffrey, John, Michael, Thomas, Linda, 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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