Woodson Family History
Woodson Name Meaning
English (Yorkshire): habitational name for someone from Woodsome (a lost place in Batley) Woodsome in Farnley Tyas or Wothersome all in Yorkshire. The placenames derive from Old English wudu ‘wood’ + hūsum dative plural of hūs ‘house’. English (Yorkshire): from the Middle English personal name Ode Odd(e) + son with the addition of initial W- a characteristic dialect feature in the south of Yorkshire.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022