Ellwood

Where Ellwood comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Ellwood.

Ellwood through the years
  1. 1882
    First appearance
    #943 among boys with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1901
    Peak, #596
    12 babies named Ellwood, its best rank.
  3. 1902
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  4. 1910
    Ellwood Godfrey born
    American field hockey player
  5. 1915
    Ellwood Madill born
    Canadian politician
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Ellwood Godfrey · American field hockey player, 1910–1990
  • Ellwood Madill · Canadian politician, 1915–1999
  • Ellwood Patterson Cubberley · American educator, 1868–1941

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.