Garswood

English

Etymology

Perhaps from Old English gyr (“fir tree”) + -s- + wudu (“wood”).

Proper noun

Garswood (countable and uncountable, plural Garswoods)

1. A village in Seneley Green parish, Metropolitan Borough of St Helens, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SJ5599).
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Garswood is the 44286^th most common surname in England, belonging to 67 individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Garswood”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 18.
• Forebears

Anagrams

• Garwoods