Wood

E109794

Wood is a common English surname with historical roots in Britain, often originally referring to someone who lived or worked near a forest.

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Label Occurrences
Wood canonical 24

Statements (26)

Predicate Object
instanceOf English-language surname
family name
surname
category topographic surname
derivedFrom Middle English word "wode" or "wood" meaning forest
Old English word "wudu" meaning wood or forest
etymology topographic name for someone who lived or worked in or near a wood or forest
hasFrequencyRankInEngland common
hasFrequencyRankInUnitedStates common
hasLanguage English
hasNotableBearer Grant Wood
Natalie Wood
Tiger Woods
surface form: Tiger Woods (variant form)
hasOrigin Great Britain
surface form: Britain

England
hasVariant Atwood
De Wood
Woodd
Woods
isOccupational true
isToponymic true
usedInCountry Australia
Canada
New Zealand
United Kingdom
United States of America
surface form: United States

Referenced by (24)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sir Kingsley Wood familyName Wood
subject surface form: Kingsley Wood
Grant Wood familyName Wood
Sam Wood familyName Wood
Elijah Wood familyName Wood
Andrew Wood familyName Wood
Roy Wood Jr. (correspondent, guest host) familyName Wood
subject surface form: Roy Wood Jr.
Ray Wood familyName Wood
Leonard Wood familyName Wood
Mark Wood familyName Wood
Ronnie Wood familyName Wood
John Wood familyName Wood
Edward Wood familyName Wood
subject surface form: Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax
The Earl of Halifax familyName Wood
subject surface form: Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax
Peggy Wood familyName Wood
Gavin Wood familyName Wood
Willie Wood familyName Wood