Type Surname (from location)
Usage English
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Type Surname (from location)
Usage English
Other Forms FormsAstwood, Eastwoods, Estwoud, Estwude, Eastwude
Meaning & History
Either a habitational name from any of various places called Eastwood such as in Keighley, Rotherham or Todmorden (all Yorkshire) or Eastwood in Nottinghamshire. Most of these placenames come from Old English east "east" and wudu "wood" but Eastwood in Nottinghamshire originally had as its final element Old Norse thveit "clearing" (see Thwaite ). Compare Astwood. Or from Eastwood in Peters Marland or Inwardleigh (both Devon) named with Middle English bi este wode "(place) to the east of the wood". Prominent user is actor and director Clint Eastwood (1930-)