Wood

Where Wood comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Wood.

Wood through the years
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #909 among boys, with 5 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1882
    Peak, #837
    6 babies named Wood, its best rank.
  3. 1883
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  4. 1918
    Wood Moy born
    American actor
  5. 1969
    Wood Harris born
    American actor
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Wood Harris · American actor, born 1969
  • Wood Moy · American actor, 1918–2017
  • Wood B. Kyle · U.S. Marine Corps Major General, 1915–2000

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.