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Woodward

in Virginia

There are 1,319 people with the last name "Woodward" in Virginia.

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Woodward 564
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  1. is 560th most common Hansen
  2. is 561st most common Ware
  3. is 562nd most common Thacker
  4. is 563rd most common Weber
  5. is 564th most common Woodward
  6. is 565th most common Allison
  7. is 566th most common Clay
  8. is 567th most common Deel
  9. is 568th most common Kiser

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Woodward

James, William, Robert, John, David, Thomas, Charles, Michael, Gary, Barbara

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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