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Woodcock


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Origin Of The Surname Woodcock

Meaning Of The Surname Woodcock

Gullible

Interesting Facts About Woodcock

Woodcock could have come about as a nickname, as seen used by Shakespeare in Hamlet: ‘Why, as a woodcock to mine own springe’. Woodcocks were a bird easily caught and woodcock was often used as an endearing term for somebody who was gullible. The nickname may have been assigned as a surname.

Woodcock Statistics

Woodcock is the number 585 ranked surname in the United Kingdom. According to our statistics around 16,584 share the surname Woodcock in the UK.

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