habitational name from a place in Bedfordshire, also
called Woodhill, from Old English wad ‘woad’ (a plant
collected for the blue dye that could be obtained from it) +
hyll ‘hill’. Compare Waddell.(O’Dell)
of the same origin as 1, but altered by folk etymology as if of Irish
origin.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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