Sherwood

Where Sherwood comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Sherwood.

Sherwood through the years
  1. 1876
    Sherwood Anderson born
    American writer
  2. 1891
    First appearance
    #963 among boys with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1938
    Peak, #532
    120 babies named Sherwood, the most in any year.
  4. 1944
    Sherwood C. Spring born
    American astronaut
  5. 1960
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #1,021.
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Sherwood Anderson · American writer, 1876–1941
  • Sherwood C. Spring · American astronaut, born 1944
  • Sherwood Stewart · American tennis player, born 1946
  • Sherwood Schwartz · American television writer and producer, 1916–2011
  • Sherwood Boehlert · American politician, 1936–2021

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.