Boy · Old English
Woodrow
Say it: WOOD-roh
Meaning
From an English surname for someone who lived in a row of houses by a wood (Old English wudu 'wood' + raw 'row').
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Boomed in the US in 1912 and 1913 in honour of Woodrow Wilson, and has had a modest revival since the 2010s.
Its wave through time
A fashion of the 1910s
In the United States
- 38,776 babies given this name since 1900
- At its height in 1913, about 1 in 220 boys
- 91 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
Famous bearers
- Woodrow Wilson, 28th US president
- Woody Guthrie (Woodrow Wilson Guthrie), American folk singer
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Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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