Wolfe [wolfe] as a boys' name is of Old German origin, and the meaning of Wolfe is "wolf". Wolves were an important part of medieval Germany imagination, known for their fierceness and tenacity. Irish patriot Wolfe Tone.
This interesting name, with variant spellings, Woolsey and Woosey can be either patronymic or a nickname of Anglo-Saxon origin. ... The personal name was popular in Suffolk where it gave rise to the surname of Cardinal Wolxey (circa 1475-1530). The second origin, derives from a nickname 'Wulfesege', meaning 'wolf's eye'.
This ancient and interesting surname, of Anglo-Saxon origin, is a locational name from Woodleigh in Devonshire, or Woodley in Berkshire, deriving from the Olde English pre 7th Century "wudu" meaning wood plus "leah", pasture, clearing, hence "glade in a wood".
Woodman Name Meaning. occupational name for a woodcutter or a forester (compare Woodward), or topographic name for someone who lived in the woods. possibly from the Old English personal name Wudumann. Similar surnames: Goodman, Waldman, Woodland, Todman, Woodfin, Bodman, Holdman, Moorman.
Variants: Woody (pet form) Meaning: Row of houses made of wood or hedge or a row of trees. Woodrow was originally an English surname which may originally derive from a toponym meaning row of houses by a wood in Old English.
Woodruff Name Meaning. English: topographic name for someone who lived on a patch of land where woodruff grew, Old English wudurofe (a compound of wudu 'wood' with a second element of unknown origin).
Shakespearean Meaning: The name Woodville is a Shakespearean baby name. In Shakespearean the meaning of the name Woodville is: Henry VI, Part 1' Lieutenant of the Tower.
Woodward is a name that was carried to England in the great wave of migration from Normandy following the Norman Conquest of 1066. It is a name for a forester. Looking back even further, we found the name was originally derived from the Old English words wode, meaning wood, and ward, meaning guardian or keeper.
The name Woody is an English baby name. In English the meaning of the name Woody is: Row of houses in a wood. From the cottages in the wood.
The Woolcott surname is a habitational name derived from the place name Woolcot in Somerset, which in turn is thought to come from the Middle English words "wolle," meaning "spring," and "cot" meaning a cottage or shelter.
