Woodhall
English
Etymology
From Old English wudu (“wood”) + hall (“heall”).
Proper noun
Woodhall (countable and uncountable, plural Woodhalls)
- (uncountable) A placename:
- A suburb of Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL2411). [1]
- Synonym of Old Woodhall, Lincolnshire.
- A hamlet in Askrigg parish, North Yorkshire, England, previously in Richmondshire district (OS grid ref SD9790).
- A hamlet in Hemingbrough parish, North Yorkshire, England, previously in Selby district (OS grid ref SE6931).
- A suburb of Pudsey, Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE2034). [2]
- A housing estate near Port Glasgow, Inverclyde council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS3473).
- (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.
Derived terms
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Woodhall is the 40800th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 535 individuals. Woodhall is most common among White (92.52%) individuals.
References
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Woodhall”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.