Given name
Woodro
“from the row of houses near the forest”
Woodro is a variant of Woodrow. One English interpretation is “from the row of houses near the forest.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Woodro is a variant of Woodrow. One English interpretation is “from the row of houses near the forest.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Woodro is a variant of Woodrow. An origin associated with Woodrow is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1915. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Woodro is a variant of Woodrow. The history of Woodrow gives this family its wider story. Woodrow’s naming history includes the use of a family name as a given name.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Woodro through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 16
- 16 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1918
- 6 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 1919. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 6 in 1918.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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