Släkthistoria för Southernwood
Southernwood Vad efternamn betyder
perhaps a variant of Southwood with South(e)- reinterpreted as souther(n)- ‘lying to the south’. Compare Agnes Sowthernwood 1563 Thomas Sowtherwood 1565 Thomas Sowthwood 1568 in IGI (Trowbridge Wilts); Cyprian Southwood 1690 Cyprian Southerwood 1731 in IGI (North Petherton Somerset).
Källa: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016
