Origin of Woo

Name History and Origin for Woo
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Origin: The origin of the name NORWOOD may be found in 12th century Kent, England, on the Isle of Sheppey at the mouth of the Thames River. It was Sir Stephen de Northwoode who first adopted the name, which described the richly wooded lands of his inherited estates on the Island. The name consists quite obviously of the two words North and Woode (sometimes spelt Wode), both Old English words which have the same meaning in Modern English. As early as the 14th century the <th> was dropped in some lines of the family, and practically universally by the 16th. There is some evidence both in Yorkshire, England, and in New England, that the name has been pronounced Norrod, without the <w>, but the pronunciation Nor-wood is most common.
Surnames: Norwood
Submitted by: Dick Norwood

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Origin: The Woolfolk family originated in Wales. The family raised sheep in Wales. Instead of adopting the name 'Shepherd' as a typical Anglo-Saxon 'use name' for the family, they chose the surname 'Woolfolk'. There is a family crest with two wolves rampant, and a motto of 'We Guard Our Own'.
Surnames: Woolfolk
Submitted by: Kathryn Woolfolk Tetley

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Origin: In many cases, Wolfe and Woolfe and descended from the Woulfe family of Ireland. Originally Normans (le Woulf) who accompanied William the Conqueror on invasions of England and later Ireland in the early 1100's.. One branch of the Woulfe family, that of Edmond Woulfe (see Maclysaght 'Irish Families') moved to England in the 1600's and his descendants joined the English army. In order to be accepted and gain in rank, these descendants Anglicised the name to the more Engligh-appearing Wolfe and converted to protestantisim. One of the most famous descendant of Edmond is General James Woulfe, hero of Quebec in the French and Indian Wars of the 1750's. You will also find other Wolfes who remained in Ireland who also changed their names from their Limerick Catholic origins to the more English Wolfe. Other origins include the Norse 'Ulf' that translated later to Woulfe in Irish. And - when many Irish were forced to Anglicize their names, the Irish O'Mactire was also translated into Woulfe. (ref MacLysaght - Irish Families)
Surnames: Wolfe, Woolfe, Woulfe
Submitted by: Michael Woulfe

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Origin: My family dropped the W from the name Wooton in the mid-1800's and became known as Ooton. Reason unknown. Perhaps the W was silent, or they had something to hide. This happened in Kentucky.
Surnames: Ooton, Wooton
Submitted by: Sara Martin

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Origin: Suffolk England. Originally a Anglo-Saxon name: 'Wolfnoth' - 'Wolf-Boldness'
Surnames: Woolner, Woolno, Woolnoe, Woolnough
Submitted by: Murray Woolnough

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Origin: The Unsworths intermarried with many of the distinguished families in southern Lancashire and of the Wirral Peninsula of Cheshire, the Blundells, the Molyneuxs and the Bolds.Edward Unsworth married Mary Delafield, who was maternally descended from Edmund, Duke of Somerset, grandson of John of Gaunt.
Surnames: Hunsworth, Hunworth, Onnsworth, Ownsworth, Unceworth, Undsworth, Uneswort, Uneworth, Unisworth, Unsewoorthe, Unseworthe, Unswarth, Unsworth, Unsworthe
Submitted by: Karl Unsworth

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Origin: The name means (AS) 'Enclosure of the Hound or Dog'! or more accurately (OE) 'Hund's enclosure', (probably a man's name).
Surnames: Hunsworth, Hunworth, Onnsworth, Ownsworth, Unceworth, Undsworth, Uneswort, Uneworth, Unisworth, Unsewoorthe, Unseworthe, Unswarth, Unsworth, Unsworthe
Submitted by: Robert Unsworth

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Origin: arthur charles woodthorpe
Surnames: woodthorpe
Submitted by: mansell

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Origin: Researching the Woodby/Widby surnames of England, Va, Tn and NC
Surnames: Woodby
Submitted by: Susan Woodby

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Origin: Enquiring if anyone knows how we arrived in Ireland (from England, I guess), but why, when etc.
Surnames: Hazelwood
Submitted by: Marie Hazelwood

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Origin: MOSE WOODS married Elizibath Corley. They where living around Buckhannon or Red House, WV. They had five(5) children. He had a son, Gilbert V. (Mose) Woods. William Henry(Hider) Woods was from his first marriage. If anyone has any information. Please e-mail me. Thank you
Surnames: WOODS
Submitted by:

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Origin: Nicholas Elwood m. Mary Welsh/Walsh (d-1868) in Wilmington, DE. They had one daughter that I know of Mary Elwood (1847-1901) she married Thomas Toy (1844-1919) in 1867. I need more information about this family please.
Surnames: ELWOOD
Submitted by: Celia L. Wood

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Origin: kenneth william born 43.8.1925 died 14.11.2001 son of edith may nixon & william charles yarwood, brother stanley - born in port hill newcastle under lyme believed originally from cheshire
Surnames: yarwood
Submitted by: michelle mellors

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Origin: One-Name Study Worldwide
Surnames: WOOLGAR
Submitted by: Marion Woolgar

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Origin: Dedham, Essex UK 1700-Present
Surnames: Garwood
Submitted by: Thomas Peeke

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Origin: Elizabeth Ch 4 Oct 1772 Perranarworthal, Corn Parents: Hobson Woolcock and Ann Webb who Marr 14 May 1764 Falmouth, Corn.other children: Elizabeth 1763, and Ann Ch 5 March 1765 Marr Joseph Geach. Elizabeth ch 1772 marr John Geach 4 Feb 1790 younger brother of Joseph.
Surnames: Woolcock
Submitted by: Sylvia Rowe

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Origin: Collection of over 16,000 Atwood family members, with roots in New England and/or New York
Surnames: Atwood
Submitted by: R Bradley Potts

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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

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Origin: my grandfather was william randolf kirkwood. was married to leona torbit, they had 5 kids. james, mary, edna, sam, & george.most of there live's they lived in tucumcai nm.
Surnames: kirkwood
Submitted by: sharon fisher

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Origin: George W. Smallwood b abt 1820 Prince William Co., VA? Died after Dec 17, 1895 in Prince Wm Co., VA. Father to Sallie, Francis Marion,Mary E.,Isabella G.,Minnie M. and John Smallwood. Georges first wife was Fanny unknown Smallwood second wife Elizabeth unknown Smallwood. Any information on these Smallwoods would be greatly appreceiated.please email me at nae5408@aol.com
Surnames: Smallwood
Submitted by: Renee Smallwood

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Origin: Looking for any living descendants of my gggrandfather Tom Underwood b: abt 1839 in Alabama, m: Clarissa Baldwin b: abt1 1860 also in Alabama. Don't know to much about my gggrandparents. But interested in anything anyone have on the Underwood's. Thanks in advanced.
Surnames: Underwood
Submitted by: Angela Underwood-Markes

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Origin: IAM LOOKING FOR WILLIAM WOODALL AND ROBERT YOUNG WOODALL - WILLIAM'S SON ROBERT MARRIED MOLLIE ALLEN
Surnames: WOODALL
Submitted by: FREDA BROCK JC-NC

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Origin: Sara Woodreeves was the wife of Edin Hoyland-Menteith and mother of Iain Edin Juan Hoyland-Menteith
Surnames: WOODREEVES
Submitted by: Glynis McCain

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Origin: I am looking for anyone from the Indiana area that might be related
Surnames: Wood
Submitted by: amanda

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Origin: henry william B;1848? to james girdwood &janet ferguson glasgow scot.immigrated to australia ?
Surnames: girdwood
Submitted by: janice james

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Origin: Ward of the kings woods
Surnames: Woodworth Woodward
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Origin: Rokewood/Rookwood

English origin means Crow woods (or woods full of crows)
Surnames: Rokewood
Submitted by: glitz

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Origin: Wydevill

English origin means town by the woods
Surnames: Wydevill, Woodville
Submitted by: glitz

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Origin: Woodford

meaning Stream or river crossing near the woods

Wood
Old English origin 'wudu' meaning wood

Ford
Old English origin ford meaning stream or river crossing
Surnames: Woodford
Submitted by: glitz

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Origin: Prestwood

means by the Priests' wood

This is a place name. Soon after 1066 there is a mention of a family referred to as de Prestwood. It was in the forest of Kinver, a place in the South West corner of Staffordshire bordering on Worcestershire and Shropshire, there was a small place called Prestwood which is thought to take its name from the fact that the Bishops of Worchester had jurisdiction over this area from a very early time.
Surnames: Prestwood
Submitted by: glitz

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Origin: Haywood - a mix from the Scottish clan Hay and the Viking 'Woden' (God of war) evolved over generations to Haywood. The clan Hay is still very much alive today and has a clan motto of 'Keep the Yoke' "Serva Jugem"
Surnames: HAYWOOD
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Origin: Norse viking Uv (sten = farm in Swedish)
croft = farm in old english. Uvsten = a viking
farmer turned warrior, then taking up farming in England becomes Uvstencroft.
Surnames: Uvstencroft, Woolsoncroft
Submitted by: Maurice Woolsoncroft

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Origin: The Lockwood Surname

The English surname 'Lockwood' is local in origin, being one of those names derived from the place where a man once lived or held land. In this case it is derived from the village of Lockwood in the ancient parish of Almondbury, in the West Riding of Yorkshire. As a surname it simply denotes one whose place of residence or birth Lockwood was. The place name means "enclosed wood". Early instances of the name include a reference to one Henry de Locwode in the Assize Rolls for Staffordshire in 1294 and to Adam de Lokwode in the Feet of Fines for Yorkshire in 1352. There is also a reference each to Willelmus de Lokewod and Thomas de Lockewod in the Yorkshire Poll tax of 1379. The prefix "de" means "of" or "from" and indicates the local origin of the name. The name was established in the United States at an early date. In 1679 a Nicholas Lockwood, commander of the ship "Mary" was granted permission to sail from Barbados to Carolina. This was only one of many such sanctioned sailings between Barbados and the mainland conducted by Richard Lockwood. Today there are an estimated twenty thousand bearers of the name in the United States.
Surnames: Lockwood
Submitted by:

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Origin: Hogwood comes form the old English for Woodcutter derived from "storer of wood (hog ~ store)"
Surnames: Hogwood
Submitted by: Allan

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Origin: The surname Yarwood or Yearwood are alledged to be derivations into English of the Welsh name Iorwerth which in Wales became Edwards or Yorath. Certainly the Yarwood name is and has been predominant in Cheshire and the adjoining counties, especially Staffordshire since the 16th Century there being places bearing the anem around the town of Knutsford. As the Industrial revolution developed and as religious performance was less constrained Yarwoods seem to have moved to the new cities with the development of Canals which it seesm at least one family were closely involved in. AS a result branches can be found in and around Manchester, Liverpool, Birmingham, tho a strong group of this name is also evident in the London and South Lincolnshire / East Northamptonshire areas by the 19th Century. Trades with which the family were particularly associated were hatters, glass blowing, engineering, woodworking, boat building and metalwork. Family forenames are very often John for the eldest son or William. benjamin is stroing in the london group. Girls names include Mary and Ann or derivations - hannah in particular. The family would seem to have be Protestant for the most part. Some were Unitarian and Primitive methodists. Others were early members of the Quaker Friends.
Surnames: Yarwood
Submitted by: Colin Yarwood

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Origin: The surname Wood came from a trade name "seller of Wood " and is Anglo Saxon
Surnames: Wood
Submitted by: Peter Wood

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Origin: My research is supported by family oral history which says that the Wadmore ancesters were gatherers and/or processors of woad. The woad plant grew extensively on the chalky downs of southern England and was crushed to make a blue dye, used until the 1600's in the woollen industry.
Surnames for 'commoners' were not widely adopted until circa 1350 and to find out the origin of the name we need to look at the language of that time. Despite the infusion of French words through the arrival of the Normans, Anglo Saxon was still dominant. Wad meant woad, and more was probably corrupted from mere or mer, meaning water. The chalk downs were found along the south coast of England, and the Isle of Wight. There was a lot of common land in Hampshire from where woad could have been harvested. No proof of this point, anyone got any input?
The Wadmore name was prevalant in Hampshire, but eventually moved to the Isle of Wight, as far as I can tell circa 1500's and I do know that woad grew there and was 'exported' to Portsmouth. The name Wadmore was heard and spelled differently there, it became Woodmore. Now the two names co-exist, but I'm willing to bet they came from a common origin and that anyone of a bloodline Wadmore or Woodmore is descended from a woad gatherer....blue dye....'blue blood?' I think not!

Please contribute your own research.
Surnames: woodmore wadmore
Submitted by: Frank Woodmore, Australia