Redwood Family History
Redwood Name Meaning
English: from Middle English red(de) ‘red’ + wode ‘wood’ (Old English rēad wudu). The name may be topographic denoting someone who lived ‘(by the) red wood’ (perhaps a reference to trees with reddish branches such as birch as they appear in the spring) or habitational from a place so named such as Red Wood in Hamfallow (Gloucestershire) or Redwood in Barrow Gurney (Somerset).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022