as a Last Name
- 41,209
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Woodward
Meaning & Origins
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’.
| 843rd in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 41,209
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Puerto Rico
- has the most people named Woodward per capita
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