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acknowledge the source of any information used from these pages. Origin / History of the Wood Name This English and Scottish surname is of Olde English origins, is most likely derived from the word ‘wude’ meaning a forest or wood. In the overwhelming majority of cases a geographical name for someone who lived in or by a wood or a metonymic occupational name for a woodcutter or a forester. May also be from a nickname for a mad, eccentric, or violent person from Middle English 'wod' - mad, frenzied as in 'Adam le Wode' - Adam the Mad Worcester 1221. It can be recorded in several forms including Wood, Woode, Woodd, Wod, Wode and the locational Woods and Woodes. Coat of Arms / Crest It would appear there are several Coats of Arms for the Wood family name, but at least two feature an oak tree on a silver shield. The crest bears the following motto, 'Tutus in Undis', which is translated means 'Safe on the Waves'. Click on Surname to go to the Family Sheet
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