Other Forms FormsWodehouse, Wouldhouse, Woodhus, Wodehous, Wodhus
Meaning & History
habitational name from any of various places (in Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Yorkshire, Northumberland, Shropshire, and elsewhere) called Woodhouse, or a topographic name for someone who lived at a "house in the wood" (Middle English wode hous, Old English wuduhus).