Selwood Family History
Selwood Name Meaning
from Selwood in Somerset close to the border with Wilts or from Selwood (Forest) from which the village was named. The forest lies in Somerset Wilts and Dorset. The place-name derives from Old English sealh salh ‘willow sallow’ + wudu ‘wood’. reduced form of Silverwood .
Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016