Njengoba kunombhalo ongasisiza ngoTiger Woods, ngitshele ukuthi bazalwa nini, igama labo langempela, nokuthi umshana wakhe usebenza kuphi.
Context:UWoods wazalwa ngoDisemba 30, 1975, eCypress, eCalifornia, ku-Earl noKultida "Tida" Woods. Uyindodana yabo okuwukuphela kwayo, nakuba enezelamani ezimbili nodadewabo ngomshado wokuqala kayise. U-Earl wayeyisikhulu sezempi sase-U.S. esase sithathe umhlalaphansi kanye nomakadebona weMpi YaseVietnam; wazalwa ngabazali base-Afrika-baseMelika futhi kuthiwa wayenomdabu waseYurophu, waseMelika, futhi mhlawumbe waseChina. UKultida (née Punsawad) udabuka eThailand, lapho u-Earl ahlangana khona naye ngesikhathi esebenza lapho ngo-1968. Ungumxube wemvelaphi yaseThailand, yaseChina neyaseDashi. Ngo-2002, i-ESPN yathi: "Ukuze kwaziwe, uyingxenye eyodwa kwezine engumThai, ingxenye eyodwa kwezine engumShayina, ingxenye eyodwa kwezine engumCaucasian, ingxenye eyodwa kwezingu-8 ingumAfrika waseMelika kanti ingxenye eyodwa kwezingu-8 ingumNdiya waseMelika". UTiger uchaze ubuhlanga bakhe ngokuthi "uCablinasian" (isifushaniso se-syllabic asenza kusuka ku-Caucasian, Black, American Indian, kanye ne-Asian).  Igama lokuqala likaWoods, u-Eldrick, lakhethwa ngunina ngoba laliqala ngo- "E" (ku-Earl) futhi liphele ngo- "K" (ku-Kultida). Igama lakhe lesibili elithi Tont yigama lendabuko laseThailand. Waqanjwa ngokuthi iTiger ngokuhlonipha umngane kayise, uColonel Vuong Dang Phong waseNingizimu Vietnam, naye owayaziwa ngokuthi iTiger.  U-Woods unomshana, uCheyenne Woods, owake wadlalela iqembu legalufu le-Wake Forest University futhi waba ngochwepheshe ngo-2012 lapho enza i-pro debut yakhe ku-LPGA Championship.
UTiger Woods wazalwa ngo-December 30, 1975. Igama lakhe langempela lokuqala ngu-"Eldrick". Umshana wakhe, uCheyenne Woods, ungumdlali wegalofu oqeqeshiwe.