Smallwoods Family Crest & Name History

Spellings drift, and Smallwoods is where Smallwood drifted for some families. The name is generally explained as “narrow wood”. Smallwoods adds a patronymic ending to Smallwood, meaning ‘son of’ or ‘of the family of’. Local scribes, dialects and emigration all left their mark on how the name was written. Other spellings include Smalwood.

Heraldry is personal: arms associated with the Smallwood surname were borne by specific families, and sharing the name does not mean sharing the blazon. Want more than a summary? See the Smallwoods family name pack.