Wooler Name Meaning
See Wooller .
Wooller Name Meaning
From Wooler (Northumb) which is recorded as Wullovre in 1186 and Welloure in 120 The place-name probably derives from Old English wella ‘well spring stream’ + ofer ‘slope hill ridge’. sometimes a derivative of Middle English woll wull ‘wool’ (Old English wull) for a wool dealer or someone who worked with wool. Compare Thomas le Wollestere 1297 in Wakefield Court Rolls (WR Yorks). Some of the bearers below may belong with (1).
Source:
The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016
Similar surnames:
Woomer, Woller, Woolen, Pooler, Wohler, Cooler, Woolery, Wooley
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts