Harwood Family History
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Harwood Name Meaning
English and Scottish: habitational name from any of various places, for example in the Scottish Borders and in Cheshire, Lancashire, Lothian, Northumberland, and North and West Yorkshire, called Harwood or Harewood from Old English har ‘gray’ or hara ‘hare’ + wudu ‘wood’. This name has also become established in Ireland.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
Similar surnames: Haywood, Horwood, Hagwood, Garwood, Yarwood, Cawood, Norwood, Henwood