Given name & surname

Calderwood

“wood”

Calderwood is a surname from Old English.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Calderwood goes back to Old English wudu, meaning “wood.”

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where it comes from

Calderwood comes from Old English.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Old English wudu (“wood”).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Calderwood’s family of names

In English usage, Calderwood as a surname has a related form in CATHERWOOD.

Walk Calderwood’s family in the name graph

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The ring: nicknames and forms.

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Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Similar names

If you love Calderwood, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Old English · Nature

Calderbrook

“River Calder” · “brook”

No U.S. birth series

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Old English

Caldecott

“cold”

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Old English · Royal

Kingswood

“king”

No U.S. birth series

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Old English

Calverley

“calf” · “woodland clearing, glade”

No U.S. birth series

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Old English

Calver

“calf” · “slope, ridge”

No U.S. birth series

90% boys · 10% girls

Old English

Cadbury

“fortified place”

No U.S. birth series

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Old English

Cavendish

“pasture”

No U.S. birth series

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Old English · Nature

Ashwood

“ash tree”

No U.S. birth series

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Sibling ideas

Names that share Calderwood’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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