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The Name Elwood - Origin and Meaning of Elwood
  



The Name Elwood - Origin and Meaning of Elwood


Gender

Masculine

Origin of the Name Elwood

Old English

Usage of the Name Elwood

English

Meaning of the Name Elwood

The name Elwood meant "elf wood" in Old English.

Famous Bearers

Bearers of the name include Elwood Haynes (1857 - 1925), an American inventor, metallurgist, and industrialist; Elwood Ullman (1903 - 1985), an American screenwriter; Elwood Cooke (1913 - 2004), an American tennis player; Claude Elwood Shannon (1916 - 2001), an American electrical engineer and mathematician.
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