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From the Vancouver Sun’s article on the Top 100 surnames in the Lower Mainland:

#77 - Wood (664 entries)
An English and Scottish last name, Wood almost always denotes someone who lived in the woods, or who worked as a woodcutter or forester. However, a secondary origin for the name Wood is a nickname for a crazy or violent person, an interpretation derived from the Middle English word ‘wod’, meaning mad or frenzied.

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5 Responses to “Well then, this explains everything!”

  1. (Olivia) dropped by to say:

    LMAO @ the secondary origin.

    November 8th, 2007 at 10:56 am
  2. Amber dropped by to say:

    My names never appear on these things. Now, which are you? Do you have family members that have worked as woodcutters or should we simply take note that you are a crazy and violent person? :P

    Reply: Well I don’t have any wood cutting family members… ;)

    November 8th, 2007 at 11:45 am
  3. Lene dropped by to say:

    That´s interesting. The second one is just wacky, it does explains everything! (or where you referring to the first option? Haha)

    My last name is supposed a billion different things, I don´t know who to believe anymore. Maybe it doesn´t mean anything and people make up meanings :P

    November 8th, 2007 at 1:49 pm
  4. Kaylee dropped by to say:

    I always knew you were crazy; this just proves it! :D

    November 8th, 2007 at 10:16 pm
  5. Crystal dropped by to say:

    Yep, explains everything haha.

    Wow, it goes to show how Asian Vancouver has become. In the top 10, 5 are Chinese, 1’s Korean, 1’s Indian, and 3 are English. Wow.

    November 9th, 2007 at 10:44 pm

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