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Woodward

in Tennessee

There are 876 people with the last name "Woodward" in Tennessee.

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Ranking in Tennessee

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Woodward 865
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  1. is 861st most common Edmonds
  2. is 862nd most common Groves
  3. is 863rd most common Light
  4. is 864th most common Nixon
  5. is 865th most common Woodward
  6. is 866th most common Harden
  7. is 867th most common Langford
  8. is 868th most common Luttrell
  9. is 869th most common Headrick

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Woodward

James, David, John, Michael, Robert, Mary, William, Charles, Deborah, Sandra

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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