The harwood Surname
harwood Name Meaning and History
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.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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