Woody - Origin and Meaning of the name

[ 2 syll. woo-dy, wo-ody ] The boy name Woody is pronounced WUHDiy ^KEY. Woody's language of origin is Old English and it is used largely in the English language. Woody is a pet form of the English Woodrow.

Woody is rare as a baby boy name. At the modest peak of its usage in 1944, 0.008% of baby boys were given the name Woody. It was #599 in rank then. The baby name has experienced a drop in popularity since then, and is used only on an infrequent scale now. Out of all boy names in its family, Woody was nonetheless the most regularly used in 2007.

Baby names that sound like Woody include the Arabic Wahid, the English Wyatt, the English Wade, the English Wat, the Dutch Weit, the Polish Wit, and the English Wood.

^KEY: Pronunciation for Woody: W as in "we (W.IY)" ; UH as in "hood (HH.UH.D)" ; D as in "dee (D.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)"

Details of famous persons named Woody:
Filmmaker Woody Allen, born Allen Stewart Konigsberg 1 December 1935, Brooklyn, New York.
Singer Woody Guthrie, born Woodrow Wilson Guthrie 14 July 1912 - 3 October 1967, Okemah, Oklahoma.

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