Släkthistoria för Worwood
Worwood Vad efternamn betyder
from Compton Whorwood (Staffs). Early forms of the place-name are Horewode and Horewood and so this place may also be one possible origin of the surname Horwood. The place-name derives from Old English horh horu ‘filth dirt’ + wudu ‘wood’.
Källa: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016
