Släkthistoria för Upward
Upward Vad efternamn betyder
probably from Upwood in Sixpenny Handley (Dorset); if this is correct the form of the name has been altered by folk etymology. The place-name is recorded as Vpwod' in 1575 and appears to derive from Middle English up ‘upper’ + wode ‘wood’.
Källa: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016
