Around the world, Woodruff (Woodruff 
, Вудрафф 
) is a rare primarily masculine, but scarcely girly first name. The first name Woodruff is characteristic of Northern America, particularly the United States, where it is a very rare principally male, but scarcely feminine name. Predominantly, Woodruff is the last name as well as the forename.
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| Woodruff | Australia, Japan, Canada, United States, United Kingdom |
| Вудрафф | Russia |
Woodruff is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: .
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morris woodruff merchant, legislator; general in Conn. militia 1777-1840 (b. 1777) |
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lewis bartholomew woodruff United States federal judge, US (b. 1809) |
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| lewis woodruff (b. 1754) |
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carle augustus woodruff United States Army Medal of Honor recipient (1841-1913), US (b. 1841) |
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| newton r. woodruff American politician, US (b. 1808) |
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lewis b. woodruff American lawyer and entomologist, US (b. 1868) |
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| lewis thompson woodruff (b. 1816) |
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roy o. woodruff American politician (1876-1953), US (b. 1876) |
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| alonzo woodruff (b. 1839) |
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hale woodruff African American artist, US (b. 1900) |
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| lee woodruff American football player (1909-1947), US (b. 1909) |
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| archibald mulford woodruff US (b. 1941) |
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| aphek woodruff (1778-1861) |
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| captain eldad woodruff (1749-1806) |
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| roy woodruff nuclear weapons physicist at LLNL |
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