Släkthistoria för Woodfall
Woodfall Vad efternamn betyder
from Woodfalls (Wilts) or Woodfalls in Yalding (Kent) both named with Old English wudu ‘wood’ + fal(o)d ‘fold enclosure’. Some of the post-medieval bearers may belong under (2). from Woodfall Hall in Prescot (Lancs) named with Old English wudu ‘wood’ + *(ge)fall ‘a falling a place where something falls’ possibly meaning ‘place where trees have fallen place where wood is felled’. Some of the post-medieval bearers may belong under (1).
Källa: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016
