Chetwood Family History
Chetwood Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Chetwode in Buckinghamshire or from Cheetwood in Cheetham Manchester (Lancashire). This placename consists of the Brittonic placename element cēto- ‘wood’ with an explanatory addition in Old English of wudu ‘wood’. The surname may also be a Shropshire variant of Chatwin .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022