English place-name and surname meaning 'green forest', denoting one who lived near a verdant wood.
Greenwood is an English place-name and surname meaning green forest, originally identifying someone who lived near a verdant wood. It belongs to the landscape tradition of names that carry geography, memory, and a sense of place.
As a given name, Greenwood feels expansive and natural. It suggests shade, depth, and rootedness, with a distinctly English pastoral flavor. The name is rare enough to feel surname-like and literary, yet vivid enough to conjure an immediate image of trees and green light.