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    Dashwood

    DASH-wood

    English
    Boy
    Meaning-based name
    Meaning
    From the ash wood; Forest clearing
    Origin
    English
    Is it in the Bible?
    No — the name Dashwood does not appear in the King James Bible. Christian families use it for its meaning, "From the ash wood; Forest clearing", and for the biblical themes that meaning touches, not because anyone in Scripture is called Dashwood.
    First appears in
    Does not appear in the King James text
    Peak US usage
    No recorded United States usage in the 1880–2008 records
    Spiritual meaning
    Dashwood stands among God's trees — full of sap, planted by the LORD, the forest dweller who knows the high tree brought low and the low exalted.
    Verses on this meaning
    • Psalm 104:16

      "The trees of the LORD are full of sap; the cedars of Lebanon, which he hath planted."

    • Ezekiel 17:24

      "And all the trees of the field shall know that I the LORD have brought down the high tree, have exalted the low tree."

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