Boy · Old English
Elwood
Say it: EL-wood
Meaning
From an English surname and place name, usually explained as Old English ellern 'elder tree' + wudu 'wood'.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
An American given name of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1910s
In the United States
- 20,553 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1915, about 1 in 1,600 boys
- 42 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Ellwood
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Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- National census records of the 19th and 20th centuries
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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