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Origin of Attwood Total Records: 2  Origin of Attwood, Meaning of Attwood Origin: The surname, Attwood is derived from a locative mediaeval bye-name, i.e. originating from a place name, such as -hill, -ford, -brook -well and of course -wood. The name would therefore appear to mean, "dweller at or near a wood". The Oxford Dictionary of English Surnames (Oxford University Press, 1997) gives the following definition: "Attwood, Atwood: Attewode 1243...Robert Atwode 1457...'Dweller by the wood' OE wudu." The name is made up of the most common preposition at, (Old English ǽt) which coalesced with the definite article the, to form the obsolete preposition atte, (Middle English) together with the Old English wudu, wiodu, wudu, wude, wode, wodd, woode, uud etc. (Oxford English Dictionary, 1989 Clarendon Press). Some documented variations in spelling are Attwood, Atte-Wode, Atwood, Atwode, Attewode Attwode, Attewoode, Atwod, Atwud, Atud , Attwool, de Bois, deBoys, (French) and de Bosco (Latin) and many more! Surnames: Attwood Submitted by: Christopher Attwood Origin of Attwood, Meaning of Attwood Origin: The surname, Attwood is derived from a locative mediaeval bye-name, i.e. originating from a place name, such as -hill, -ford, -brook -well and of course -wood. The name would therefore appear to mean, "dweller at or near a wood". The Oxford Dictionary of English Surnames (Oxford University Press, 1997) gives the following definition: "Attwood, Atwood: Attewode 1243...Robert Atwode 1457...'Dweller by the wood' OE wudu." The name is made up of the most common preposition at, (Old English ǽt) which coalesced with the definite article the, to form the obsolete preposition atte, (Middle English) together with the Old English wudu, wiodu, wudu, wude, wode, wodd, woode, uud etc. (Oxford English Dictionary, 1989 Clarendon Press). Some documented variations in spelling are Attwood, Atte-Wode, Atwood, Atwode, Attewode Attwode, Attewoode, Atwod, Atwud, Atud , Attwool, de Bois, deBoys, (French) and de Bosco (Latin) and many more! Surnames: Attwood, Atte-Wode, Atwood, Atwode, Attewode Attwode, Attewoode, Atwod, Atwud, Atud , Attwool, de Bois, deBoys, (French) and de Bosco (Latin) and many more! Submitted by: Christopher Attwood 11/9/2009 4:19 AM Page 1 of 1

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