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Woodward

in Rhode Island

There are 77 people with the last name "Woodward" in Rhode Island.

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Ranking in Rhode Island

NameRank
Woodward 1,851
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  1. is 1,847th most common Shah
  2. is 1,848th most common Tortolani
  3. is 1,849th most common Webber
  4. is 1,850th most common William
  5. is 1,851st most common Woodward
  6. is 1,852nd most common Barnett
  7. is 1,853rd most common Destefano
  8. is 1,854th most common Evangelista
  9. is 1,855th most common Genereux

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Woodward

James, David, Gregory, Joseph, Christopher, Deborah, Grace, John, Kathy, Lewis

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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