Hood

• As an English and Scottish surname, from the noun hood.
• Also as an English surname, from the Middle English name Hode, a variant of Ode or Odd with prosthetic H-, see Ott, Oates, and also compare Hodson.
• Also as an English and Scottish surname, variant of Hudd.
• As an Irish surname, Anglicized from Ó hUid (“descendant of Ud”). Compare Mahood.
• As a French surname, Americanized from Houde.

• IPA^(key): /hʊd/

Hood (countable and uncountable, plural Hoods)

1. A surname.
   • 2023 June 2, Kaanita Iyer, “US Army renames Fort Bragg as Fort Liberty”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     Last month, Fort Hood in Texas, another major military installation, was redesignated Fort Cavazos, in honor of Gen. Richard Edward Cavazos, a veteran of the Korean and Vietnam wars who became the first Hispanic person to wear four stars on his uniform.

2. A placename
   1. A census-designated place in Sacramento County, California, United States.
   2. Ellipsis of Hood County.
   3. Ellipsis of Hood River.

• Hodo, hodo-

From Middle Low German hôt, from Old Saxon hōd, from Proto-West Germanic *hōd, from Proto-Germanic *hōdaz. Cognate with English hood.

Hood m (plural Hoden)

1. hood; hat

• Hoodje