Woodbeck Family History
Woodbeck Name Meaning
Possibly English: habitational name from Woodbeck a place in Nottinghamshire named in Middle English with wode ‘wood’ + beck ‘stream’. However this surname is not found in current English sources. Possibly an Americanized form of Dutch Woudbeek: topographic name for someone living by a stream in the wood (compare sense 1 above). The surname Woudbeek is no longer found in the Netherlands.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022