Hogwood Family History
Hogwood Name Meaning
English: apparently a topographic name from Middle English hog(ge) ‘swine’ + wode ‘wood’ for someone who lived by or worked in a wood where pigs were herded or which produced mast for them. If the name is instead habitational name for someone from a place called Hogwood then that place has not yet been identified. Altered form of English Hawkwood (see Haygood ). Compare Hagewood Hagood and Haywood .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022