Woodward Forename

348,009th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 579 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Cayman Islands

Woodward Forename Definition:

A Teutonic name, meaning: Guardian of the forest.

Woodward Forename Distribution

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States
100%
5221:694,51516,453
England-111:5,054,81145,959
Nigeria
100%
71:25,366,337199,343
Philippines
100%
61:17,668,246211,341
Cayman Islands-41:15,3251,588
Peru
100%
41:7,947,86448,688
Brazil-31:71,412,051442,691
South Africa
100%
31:18,177,550242,026
Thailand
100%
21:35,032,906298,615
Taiwan-21:11,884,841132,786
Papua New Guinea
100%
21:4,076,157155,819
Zambia-11:15,854,79466,637
Australia-11:13,657,62255,904
Venezuela-11:30,201,893231,239
Sri Lanka-11:20,799,08716,824
Puerto Rico-11:3,550,30110,040
Norway-11:5,132,32937,513
Northern Mariana Islands-11:54,6681,803
Jamaica-11:2,883,22722,340
India
100%
11:1,214,877,9714,759,450
Georgia-11:3,738,46629,095
Dominican Republic-11:10,431,27030,761
China-11:1,366,055,782109,249
Canada
100%
11:33,133,372113,810
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Woodward (96,311) may also be a surname.

Woodward Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A Teutonic name, meaning: Guardian of the forest.

— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
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Woodward Forename Popularity

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Woodward Demographics

Average Male Woodward Height

178.33 cm

Average male height (US):
175.3 cm
Sample size: 15 (2014)

Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries

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Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
ForenameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wodward933/
Woodword881/
Woodvard881/
Woodwarth821/
Woodwort751/
Wedwoard751/
Woodworth7153/
Woodwerth711/
Bodvard674/
Vadward671/
Woodvert631/
Whodwhort591/
Badwart531/
Badword531/
Vudvard531/
Bodvarth501/
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Footnotes

  • First names are taken from the first part of an person's personal name. That is, not their inherited name(s), i.e. their surname(s). The first name includes particles, but not middle names
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Woodward