WoodSurname Origin: 1) Originally used to describe a person who lived in or worked in a wood or forest. Derived from Middle English "wode." 2) Possibly derived from the Old English "wad," meaning crazed or crazy, the name was sometimes used to describe someone considered mad or violent. 3) An ancient Scottish surname, first called De Bosco, because the family bore trees in their coat of arms.
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