Given name & surname
Heywood
“from the hedged forest”
Heywood is a form of Haywood. One English interpretation is “from the hedged forest.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Heywood carries the interpretation “from the hedged forest.” Heywood is a form of Haywood. One English interpretation is “from the hedged forest.”
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
How it developed
Heywood is used as a form of Haywood.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1912. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Heywood through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 305
- 305 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1925
- 15 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 1963. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 15 in 1925. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 176 as a first name in 2020; 3,157 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.
Heywood’s family of names
Heywood is a form of Haywood. Heywood has a related form in Heywode.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Heywood
- Heywood BrounAmerican sportswriter, journalist, and newspaper columnist (1888-1939)
- Heywood GouldAmerican film director and screenwriterborn 1942
- Heywood Hale BrounAmerican actor and broadcaster (1918-2001)
- Heywood HardyBritish painter (1842-1933)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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