Type Word Usage Anglo-Saxon Meaning & History Old English word meaning "tree, wood". Related ItemsFamily Tree·Details Other Languages & Cultureswidu(Frankish) widu(Old Dutch) widuz(Old Germanic) witu(Old High German) viðr(Old Norse) widu(Old Saxon) Given Name DescendantsHaywood, Linwood, Lynwood, Norwood, Woodrow(English) Surname DescendantsAttwood, Atwood, Blackwood, Greenwood, Haywood, Holmwood, Homewood, Linwood, Lynwood, Norwood, Underwood, Wood, Woodcock, Woodham, Woodhams, Woodrow, Woods, Woodward, Wootton(English) Blackwood, Wood, Woods(Scottish) Place Name DescendantsLinwood, Sherwood(English) Scherwode(Medieval English)