Marwood

English

Etymology

From Old English ġemære (“border, limit”) + wudu (“wood”).

Proper noun

Marwood (countable and uncountable, plural Marwoods)

1. A village in North Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS542013).
2. A civil parish of County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ053972).
3. A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Marwood is the 6138^th most common surname in England, belonging to 1130 individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Marwood”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 526.