Elwood - Meaning of Elwood

What does Elwood mean?

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Elwood

[ 2 syll. e-lwoo(d), el-wo-od ] The baby boy name Elwood is pronounced ehLWahD †. Elwood's language of origin is Old English and it is predominantly used in the English language. The meaning of the name is 'noble woods'.

Forms of Elwood include the short form Wood, the familiar forms Woody (English) and Woodye, and the variant spelling Ellwood (English).

See also the related categories, woods, english, and noble (honorable).

Elwood is an uncommon baby boy name. At the modest height of its usage in 1913, 0.060% of baby boys were given the name Elwood. It was #206 in rank then. The baby name has steeply fallen in popularity since then, and is currently of only sporadic use. Within all boy names in its family, Elwood was nonetheless the most popular in 2018.

Baby names that sound like Elwood include Ellwood, Eldad, Ellwald, Ellwold, Elwald, Elwold, Elyot, Eliada, Elida, Elido, Eliot, Eliott, Elliot, Elliott, Elliotte, Ellyot, Elyada, Eladio, and Heladio.

† Pronunciation for Elwood: EH as in "ebb (EH.B)" ; L as in "lay (L.EY)" ; W as in "we (W.IY)" ; AH as in "mud (M.AH.D)" ; D as in "day (D.EY)"