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Woodward

in Washington

There are 917 people with the last name "Woodward" in Washington.

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Ranking in Washington

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Woodward 591
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  1. is 587th most common Raymond
  2. is 588th most common Hays
  3. is 589th most common Lim
  4. is 590th most common Mayer
  5. is 591st most common Woodward
  6. is 592nd most common Mattson
  7. is 593rd most common Farmer
  8. is 594th most common Hendricks
  9. is 595th most common Johns

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Woodward

James, William, Richard, Robert, David, John, Barbara, Jim, Scott, Carol

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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