Norwood

Where Norwood comes from

From north + wood. Doublet of Northwood.
— Wiktionary's entry for Norwood
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1877
    Norwood Gibson born
    American baseball player
  2. 1883
    First appearance
    #892 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1924
    Norwood Russell Hanson born
    American philosopher of science
  4. 1928
    Peak, #722
    78 babies named Norwood — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1940
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,067.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes
  • Norwood Russell Hanson · American philosopher of science, 1924–1967
  • Norwood Gibson · American baseball player, 1877–1959
  • Norwood Sothoron · Athlete, 1911–2005

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.