Given name & surname
Atwood
“one who lives at the forest”
Atwood is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “one who lives at the forest.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “one who lives at the forest.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1911. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Atwood through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 364
- 364 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1914
- 19 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 19 in 1914. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 186 as a first name in 2020; 16,708 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Atwood’s family of names
Atwood has a related form in Attwode. Atwood has a related form in Attwood. Atwood has a related form in Atwode.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Similar names
If you love Atwood, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Harwood
“from the hare's forest”
>99% boys
Mansfield
“from the field near the small river”
>99% boys
Boswell
“from the spring near the forest”
>99% boys
Holmes
“from the river island”
>99% boys
Morley
“woman from the moor” · “from the meadow on the moor”
92% boys · 8% girls
Sherwood
“from the bright forest”
>99% boys
Glade
“from the meadow in the C woods” · “from the clearing in the woods”
>99% boys
Ashford
“from the ash-tree ford”
>99% boys