Gender:
Origin:
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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
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.
Popularity | Name | Birth Year | Description |
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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 |