Origin and popularity of the name WOODWARD
Origin
Woodward : English: occupational name for a forester employed to look after the trees and game in a forest Middle English woodward (from Old English wudu ‘wood’ + weard ‘guardian protector’).
Source : DAFN2 : Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, ©2022 by Patrick Hanks and Oxford University Press
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