Släkthistoria för Greenwood
Greenwood Vad efternamn betyder
English (Yorkshire and Lancashire): habitational name from Greenwood Lee in Heptonstall (Yorkshire) from Middle English grene ‘green’ + wode ‘wood’. Americanized form (translation into English) of Jewish (Ashkenazic) Grünholz an ornamental compound of German grün ‘green’ + Holz ‘wood’ and probably also of the same German surname. Americanized form (translation into English) of German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) Grünwald (see Grunwald) and of French Boisvert.
Källa: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
