Lockwood as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Lockwood

What is the meaning of the name Lockwood ?

The baby name Lockwood is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced UK: /ˈlɒk.wʊd/, US: /ˈlɑːk.wʊd/ (LOCK-wud).

Lockwood is English in Origin.

Lockwood is an English habitational surname from places so named, especially in West Yorkshire near Huddersfield. It combines Old English loc “enclosure, barrier” (the source of “lock”) with wudu “wood,” conveying “enclosed wood” or “wood by a fold.” Found in medieval rolls and carried to North America by early migrants, the name signals northern English roots and a landscape-based identity.

As a given name, Lockwood rose in the 19th century with the surname-to-first trend, reinforced by Mr. Lockwood, the narrator of Wuthering Heights. Usage remains rare yet familiar across the Anglophone world and is broadly unisex, with a masculine tilt. Variants and short forms include Locke, Lock, and Woody; the archaic Lockwoode appears in older records. Notable bearers include American artist Lockwood de Forest and New Zealand statesman Sir Lockwood Smith.