Meanings
plural Woolvertons
- countableuncountableA habitational surname from Old English.
Origin
From the Old English personal name Wulfhere, which is composed of the elements wulf (“wolf”) and here (“army”), + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
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Woolverton. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Woolverton
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