Marwood Family History
Marwood Name Meaning
from Marwood (Durham). The place-name derives from Old English māra ‘greater bigger’ + wudu ‘wood’. from Marwood (Devon) which is recorded as Merewode in the 13th century. The place-name derives from Old English (ge)mǣre ‘boundary border’ + wudu ‘wood’. from Anglo-Norman French mal regard ‘evil look evil eye’.
Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016