Given name & surname
Harwood
“from the hare's forest”
Harwood is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “from the hare's forest.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “from the hare's 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 1914. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Harwood through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 340
- 340 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1919
- 18 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 1968. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 18 in 1919. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 144 as a first name in 2020; 10,830 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.
Harwood’s family of names
Harwood has a related form in Harewode. Harwood has a related form in Harewood. Harwood has a related form in Harwode.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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