origin
English and Scottish: habitational name from any of various places, for example in the Scottish Borders and in Cheshire, Lancashire, Lothian, Northumberland, and North and West Yorkshire, called Harwood or Harewood from Old English har ‘gray’ or hara ‘hare’ + wudu ‘wood’.
This name has also become established in Ireland.
other versions of this surname
links
- https://stirnet.com/genie/data/british/hh4aa/harwood1.php (membership required in order to view without interruption)