Woodrow: name meaning, origin & popularity
- Meaning
- “row of houses by a wood”
- Origin
- English
- Say it
- WOOD-roh · 2 syllables
- Used for
- Boys
From an English surname derived from a place-name, likely combining wood with row. Best known from U.S. president Woodrow Wilson.
How popular is Woodrow?
Babies named Woodrow in 202499
2024 rank#1,685 boys
Peak year1913
Total US babies since 188039,144
Woodrow is rising: use over the last five years is 2.4× what it was a decade earlier.
Names like Woodrow
Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.
Woodrow questions
What does the name Woodrow mean?
Woodrow means "row of houses by a wood". It comes from English. From an English surname derived from a place-name, likely combining wood with row. Best known from U.S. president Woodrow Wilson.
Is Woodrow a boy or girl name?
Woodrow is mainly a boy's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).
How popular is Woodrow?
99 US babies were named Woodrow in 2024. Its peak year was 1913.
How do you pronounce Woodrow?
Woodrow is usually pronounced WOOD-roh.
Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.