Given name & surname
Norwood
“from the northern forest”
Norwood is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “from the northern forest.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “from the northern 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 1883. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Norwood through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,909
- 2,909 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1921
- 79 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 6 in 1997. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 79 in 1921. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,015 as a first name in 2020; 21,360 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.
Norwood’s family of names
In English usage, Norwood shares an earlier linguistic root with Northwood. Norwood has a related form in Northwode. Norwood has a related form in Northwood.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Norwood
- Norwood Russell HansonAmerican philosopher of science (1924–1967)
- Pony PoindexterAmerican musician (1926-1988)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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