as a Last Name
- 24,781
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Woodruff
Meaning & Origins
English: topographic name for someone who lived on a patch of land where woodruff grew, Old English wudurofe (a compound of wudu ‘wood’ with a second element of unknown origin). The leaves of the plant have a sweet smell and the surname may also have been a nickname for one who used it as a perfume, or perhaps an ironical nickname for a malodorous person.
| 1,215th in the U.S. for 2011 |
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Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 24,781
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Arkansas
- has the most people named Woodruff per capita
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