Elwood

English

"elder tree forest"

Elwood Origin and Meaning

The name Elwood is a boy's name meaning "elder tree forest".

The "el-" sound is red-hot these days, and a myriad of place names and surnames give this name a wealth of possible namesakes. The main drawback is its kinship to the name of the hero of the Legally Blond series, Elle Woods, though that will fade with time.

Elwood Rank in US Top 1000

# 949 in the US

Elwood Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 855 on Nameberry

Elwood Popularity

• 855 Nameberry 2024
• 919 England 2021

20 Names Similar to Elwood

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• Linwood
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• Rousseau
• Bramble
• Elon
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• Horace
• Devereaux
• Ransome
• Tommi
• Dafny
• Florelle
• Regner
• Arni
• Dawley
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• Cornel
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Famous People Named Elwood

• Elwood Haynes American inventor and metallurgist
• Elwood Richard Quesada U.S. Air Force general and baseball team owner
• Elwood Stanley Brown American sports organizer
• Elwood Hales son of Kacey Ainsworth & Darren Hales
• Elwood Jack Owen son of Emma Ferguson & Mark Owen

Elwood in Pop Culture

• Elwood P. Dowd main character in the play and movie 'Harvey'
• Elwood Blues one of The Blues Brothers