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Goodman

in Rhode Island

There are 120 people with the last name "Goodman" in Rhode Island.

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Ranking in Rhode Island

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Goodman 1,129
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  1. is 1,125th most common Hansen
  2. is 1,126th most common Mccauley
  3. is 1,127th most common Padula
  4. is 1,128th most common Casale
  5. is 1,129th most common Goodman
  6. is 1,130th most common Lizotte
  7. is 1,131st most common Loiselle
  8. is 1,132nd most common Pezza
  9. is 1,133rd most common Rowe

Similar Names and Nicknames

Goodwin, Good, Goode, Goodrich, Goodson, Gooden, Gooding, Goodin, Goodall, Goodell

Most Common First Names for Goodman

David, Denise, Douglas, Donald, Glenn, Hannah, James, Jill, Joyce, Judith

Meaning & History

English: status name from Middle English gode ‘good’ + man ‘man’, in part from use as a term for the master of a household. In Scotland the term denoted a landowner who held his land not directly from the crown but from a feudal vassal of the king.

English: from the Middle English personal name Godeman, Old English Gōdmann, composed of the elements gōd ‘good’ or god ‘god’ + mann ‘man’.

English: from the Old English personal name Gūðmund, composed of the elements gūð ‘battle’ + mund ‘protection’, or the Old Norse cognate Guðmundr.

Americanized form of Jewish Gutman or German Gutmann.

FOREBEARS This name was brought independently to New England by many bearers from the 17th century onward. Richard Goodman was one of the founders of Hartford, CT, (coming from Cambridge, MA, with Thomas Hooker) in 1635.

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