Given name & surname
Ellwood
“from the nobleman's forest; from the old forest”
Ellwood is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “from the nobleman's forest; from the old forest.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “from the nobleman's forest; from the old 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 1882. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ellwood through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,979
- 1,979 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1918
- 82 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 7 in 2021. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 82 in 1918. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 438 as a first name in 2020; 1,389 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.
Ellwood’s family of names
Ellwood has a related form in Elwood. Ellwood has a related form in Ealdwode. Ellwood has a related form in Ealdwood.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Ellwood
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
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