Släkthistoria för Whitewood
Whitewood Vad efternamn betyder
from Whitwood (WR Yorks) which is recorded as Witeuude in 1086 Whitewude in 1197 and Whittewood in 1364 or from other places similarly named such as Whitewood Farm in Barton under Needwood (Staffs) which is recorded as le Whyte Wode in 1337 and Whitewood Farm in Norton Malreward (Somerset) which is recorded as Whytwood in 1585. The place-names derive from Old English hwīt ‘white’ + wudu ‘wood’. The modern Yorks surname may however have a different origin; see (3). Some of the post-medieval bearers cited here may belong with (2). in IoW Kent Sussex Norfolk and perhaps elsewhere a variant of Whitehead. in Yorks a variant of Whitworth as suggested by Redmonds. He cites Lawrence Whitworth 1634 Lawrence Whitwood 1636 in Parish Registers (Rothwell WR Yorks) and points out that the medieval surname which derived from Whitwood (WR Yorks) may not have survived since there is a long gap in the evidence between the late 15th century bearers (see (2) above) and the subsequent appearance of Whitwood forms in the 17th century.
Källa: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016