Woodhatch

English

Etymology

Topographic surname for a keeper of a gate to a wood, from Old English wudu (“wood”) + hæċ (“hatch, door”).

Proper noun

Woodhatch (plural Woodhatchs)

1. A surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Woodhatch is the 29621^th most common surname in England, belonging to 125 individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Woodhatch”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
• Forebears