Arwould meaning | Last name Arwould origin

Arwould is variation of the Harwood. One who came from Harwood or Harewood meaning "gray wood or hares' wood," the names of several places in England.

The lastname is the variant form of Harwood. Prior to the latter half of the XIV century the name was written Harward and Hereward, and tradition derives the family from the celebrated Hereward, the patriot Saxon, who a few years after the Conquest headed his oppressed countrymen against the forces of William. He was the younger son of Leofric, earl of Mercia. It may however be of the local class, there being many places in England called Harwood.

The lastname is variant form of the Horwood. Parishes in counties Buckingham and Devon.