The woodward Surname
woodward Name Meaning and History
- 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).
- perhaps also from an Old English personal name Wuduweard, composed of the elements wudu ‘wood’ + weard ‘guardian’, ‘protector’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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