Given name & surname · also Middle English

Fulwood

“dirty, foul”

Fulwood is a surname from Middle English, ultimately from Old English.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Fulwood goes back to Old English fūl, meaning “dirty, foul.”

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where it comes from

Fulwood comes from Middle English, and ultimately from Old English.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Middle English Fulewde, from Old English fūl (“dirty, foul”).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Fulwood’s family of names

Fulwood may belong to the same name family as FULLWOOD. This is a tentative spelling connection.

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Nicknames & forms 1

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

Similar names

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Old English

Fulford

“dirty, muddy”

No U.S. birth series

67% boys · 33% girls

Old English

Fulmer

“wild fowl”

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78% boys · 22% girls

Old English

Selwood

“willow”

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Old English

Hopwood

“valley among hills”

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Welsh

Yarwood

“eagle”

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Old English

Horwood

“mud, muck”

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Old English · Nature

Ashwood

“ash tree”

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Old English

Fifield

“five”

No U.S. birth series

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Sibling ideas

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