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5/17/2025, 2:57 PM Paradiso36
4/8/2025, 8:52 PM Paradiso36

Name Woodhouse
Type Surname (from location)
Usage English, Irish
Pronounced Pron. /ˈwʊd.haʊs/(English)
Other Forms FormsWodehouse, Wouldhouse, Woodhus, Wodehous, Wodhus
Edit Status Statusnot set

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 wudu hus). Irish adoption of said name.
Added 4/8/2025 by Paradiso36