Wood



Gender:
Origin: English
1233 famous people named Wood found on Wikipedia.
275 male in US.
Most recent ranking: 9607-th in year 1991
Best ranking: 941-th in year 1882

Meanings

Wood is a surname in the English language. It is common throughout the world, especially countries with historical links to Great Britain and Germany.
For the most part, the surname Wood originated as a topographic name used to describe a person who lived in, or worked in a wood or forest. This name is derived from the Middle English wode, meaning wood (from the Old English wudu). An early occurrence of this surname (of a personal residing near a wood) is de la Wode, recorded in Hertfordshire, England, in 1242. The locational name also appeared in early records Latinised as de Bosco (from the Old French bois, meaning wood). Another derivation for the surname is from a nickname of an eccentric or violent person, derived from the Old English wōd, wad, and Middle English wod, wode, all meaning frenzied or wild. This derivation is considered to be much less common than the locational origin. An early occurrence of the surname derived in this fashion (from a nickname) is le Wode, recorded in Worcestershire, England, in 1221.


Old English wudu, earlier widu "tree, trees collectively, forest, grove; the substance of which trees are made," from Proto-Germanic *widu- (source also of Old Norse viðr, Danish and Swedish ved "tree, wood," Old High German witu "wood"), from PIE *widhu- "tree, wood" (source also of Welsh gwydd "trees," Gaelic fiodh- "wood, timber," Old Irish fid "tree, wood"). Out of the woods "safe" is from 1792.


Wood, forest, mad, frenzied.

Famous People: 1233 found on Wikipedia.
Popularity Name Birth Year Description
1 Evan Rachel Wood 1987 American actress and singer
2 Natalie Wood 1938 American actress
3 Elijah Wood 1981 American actor
4 Victoria Wood 1953 British comedian
5 Ronnie Wood 1947 British rock musician, member of The Rolling Stones
6 Wood Harris 1969 American actor
7 Lana Wood 1946 American actress
8 Bobby Wood 1992 Footballer
9 Ed Wood 1924 American screenwriter, director, producer, actor, author, and film editor
10 Roy Wood 1946 English singer-songwriter and musician
11 Jacqueline MacInnes Wood 1987 Canadian actress
12 Danny Wood 1969 American singer
13 Levison Wood 1982
14 Jesse Wood 1976 English musican
15 Grant Wood 1891 American painter
16 Kerry Wood 1977 American baseball pitcher
17 Leanne Wood 1971 Welsh Plaid Cymru politician
18 Dominic Wood 1978 English magician
19 Jo Wood 1955 English model and businesswoman
20 Peggy Wood 1892 American actress of stage, film and television
21 Rutledge Wood 1980 American sports announcer
22 Travis Wood 1987 American baseball player
23 Kimba Wood 1944 Federal judge from the USA
24 Fernando Wood 1812 American politician
25 Christian Wood 1995 American basketball player
26 Greg Wood English actor
27 Brenton Wood 1941 American singer
28 Keith Wood 1972 Irish rugby union player
29 Gene Wood 1925 American game show host
30 Beatrice Wood 1893 American artist
31 Stuart John Wood 1957 British musician
32 Cynthia Wood 1950 American actress
33 Wally Wood 1927 American comic strip cartoonist and illustrator
34 Lauren Wood 2000 American singer-songwriter
35 Anna Wood 1980 Australian schoolgirl
36 Gordon S. Wood 1933 American historian
37 Matthew Wood 1972 American actor
38 Thomas Mills Wood 1963 American actor
39 Fiona Wood 1958 British–Australian physician and plastic surgeon
40 Anne Wood 1937 English children’s television producer
41 Bebe Wood 2002
42 Eric Wood 1986 American football player
43 Wood Hite 1850 American outlaw
44 Henry Wood 1869 English conductor
45 Ian Wood 1942 Scottish businessman
46 Molly Wood 1975
47 Graeme C.A. Wood Journalist and writer
48 Easton Wood 1989 Australian rules footballer
49 Clive Wood 1954 English actor
50 Frank Wood 1960 American actor
51 Lynn Faulds Wood 1948 British television presenter and cancer campaigner
52 Ashley Wood 1971 Australian comic book artist and illustrator
53 Jeffery Wood 1986 American actor, producer, director, screenwriter
54 Diane Wood 1950 American judge
55 Victor Wood 1946 Filipino singer
56 Smoky Joe Wood 1889 Baseball player and coach
57 Ellen Meiksins Wood 1942 American marxist scholar
58 Leon Wood 1962 American basketball player
59 Leah Wood 1978 American born British singer
60 Annie Wood 1971 American actress
61 Luke Wood Music executive
62 Brian Wood 1972 American comics artist
63 Royal Wood Canadian musician
64 Wilbur Wood 1941 American baseball pitcher
65 Evelyn Wood 1838 British Army officer
66 Robin Wood 1931 Canadian film critic and educator
67 Lowell Wood 1941 American astrophysicist
68 Elizabeth Wood Director and filmmaker
69 Cierre Wood 1991 American football running back
70 Oliver Wood 2000 English cinematographer
71 Georgina Theodora Wood 1947 Former police officer and a Supreme Court judge
72 Anita Wood 1937 American singer
73 Chris Foote Wood 1940 Politician, Author, Journalist, Broadcaster
74 Miles Wood 1995
75 Robert W. Wood 1868 American physicist and inventor
76 Scott Wood 1990 American basketball player
77 Violet Wood 1899 English supercentenarian
78 Nate Wood 1979 American drummer
79 Janet Wood
80 G. Wood 1919 American film and television actor
81 George O. Wood American pentecostal minister
82 Ray Wood 1931 English footballer
83 Art Wood 1937 British musician
84 L. Lin Wood 1952 American lawyer
85 Adam Wood 1955 British diplomat; High Commissioner to Uganda, then Kenya; Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man
86 Tiffani Wood 1977 Australian singer-songwriter
87 Kingsley Wood 1881 British politician
88 Ivor Wood 1932 English animator
89 Gordon Wood 1914 American football coach
90 Glen Wood 1925 American NASCAR driver and team owner
91 Melanie Wood 1981 American mathematician
92 Robert William Wood 1889 American painter
93 Ellen Wood 1814 English writer
94 Robert E. Wood 1879 Businessman best known for leadership of Sears, Roebuck and Company
95 Jen Wood 1976 American musician
96 Anthony Wood 1632 English antiquarian
97 Leonard Wood 1934 Crew chief/Engine builder
98 Peter Wood 1946 English businesspeople
99 Al Wood 1958 American basketball player
100 Garfield Wood 1880 American motorboat rcer
101 Mark Wood 1953 British businessman
102 Bradley Wood 1991 English footballer
103 Brandon Wood 1985 American baseball player
104 Ken Wood 1916 British businessman
105 Tina Wood 1974 British television personality
106 Jon Wood 1981 NASCAR driver
107 Blake Wood 1985 American baseball pitcher
108 Garth Wood 1978 Australian boxer
109 Brad Wood American musician
110 Sebastian Wood 1961 British diplomat, Ambassador to China, then Germany
111 Ty Wood 1995 Canadian actor
112 Sam Wood 1986 Professional footballer
113 Robert Coldwell Wood 1923 American political scientist
114 Chris Wood English folk musician
115 Bryant G. Wood American archaeologist
116 Gary Wood 1942 American football quarterback
117 Del Wood 1920 County music pianist
118 Barbara Wood 1947 English-American writer
119 Martin Wood 2000 Canadian television director
120 Abraham Wood 1614 American fur trader
121 Jonas Wood 1977 American artist and painter
122 Thelma Wood 1901 American sculptor
123 DaShaun Wood 1985 American basketball player
124 Charles Erskine Scott Wood 1852 American author
125 Audrey Wood 1948 American children's writer
126 Thomas J. Wood 1823 United States Army general
127 Ward Wood 1924 American actor
128 Mike Wood 1976
129 Frances Wood 1948 English historian and sinologist
130 Christopher Wood 1901 English painter
131 Nick Wood 1983 English rugby union player
132 Dick Wood 1936 American football player
133 Mason Wood 1993 Australian rules footballer
134 Alex Wood 1955 American football coach
135 Charlotte Wood 1965 Australian novelist
136 Michael Wood 1936 British academic
137 Haydn Wood 1882 English composer and violinist
138 Nikki Wood
139 Jim Wood 1960 Member of the California State Assembly
140 Paul Wood British journalist
141 Tom Wood 1951 Irish photographer
142 Ernest Wood 1883 English yogi
143 Forrest L. Wood 1932 American fisherman
144 Benjamin Wood 1820 American politician
145 Harland G. Wood 1907 Biochemist
146 Grahame Wood 1970 British American actor
147 Edgar Wood 1860 English architect
148 Randy Wood 1963 American ice hockey player
149 Helen Wood Reality television participant
150 John Shirley Wood 1888 US Army General
151 Andrew Wood 1940 British diplomat
152 Allen W. Wood 1942 Academic
153 Ardeth Wood 1975 Murdered canadian student
154 Rocky Wood 1959 Australian writer
155 Jack Wood 1924 American television director
156 Susan Wood New Zealand television presenter
157 Cameron Wood 1987 Australian footballer
158 Beth Wood 1954 American politician
159 Graeme Wood 1956 Cricketer
160 Sidney Wood 1911 US tennis player
161 Richard Wood 1953 American footballer linebacker
162 Peter H. Wood 1943 American historian
163 John Taylor Wood 1830 United States Navy officer
164 Wendy Wood 1892 Scottish political activist
165 Jemmy Wood 1756 English banker
166 George Tyler Wood 1795 2nd Governor of Texas
167 Andrés Wood 1965 Chilean film director and screenwriter
168 Dale Wood 1983 Australian racing driver
169 Peter Van Wood 1927 Musician and astrologer
170 John George Wood 1827 English writer on natural history
171 Otto Wood 1894 American desperado
172 Stephanie Wood 1991 Australian netball player
173 Robert Wood 1717 British traveller, classical scholar, civil servant and politician
174 Jamie Wood 1978 Caymanian footballer
175 Yolanda Wood American actress
176 Douglas Wood 1941 Australian taken hostgae
177 Wee Georgie Wood 1894 British comedian
178 Denis Wood 1945 American artist
179 Andrea R. Wood 1973 United States District Judge
180 Barry Wood 1942 English Test and county cricketer
181 Corinne Wood 1954 American politician
182 Graham Wood 1971 Australian jazz musician
183 A. Baldwin Wood 1879 American inventor
184 Craig Wood 1978 Canadian guitarist
185 Dee Dee Wood American choreographer
186 Tatjana Wood American comic artist
187 Francis Derwent Wood 1871 British sculptor
188 Willie Wood 1960 Professional golfer
189 George Wood 1858 Professional baseball player
190 Jason Wood 1968 Australian politician
191 Alexander Wood 1772 Merchant and magistrate in Upper Canada
192 William Madison Wood 1858 American businessman
193 William P. Wood 1820 Director of the United States Secret Service
194 Sharon Wood 1957 Canadian mountaineer
195 C.V. Wood 1920 American developer of amusement parks
196 James Wood 1820 British Anglican priest and encyclopaedist
197 Jeff Wood 1968 American musician
198 Carolyn Wood United States army officer
199 David Wood American journalist (21th century)
200 Jere Wood 1949 American politician