as a Last Name
- 733
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Goody
Meaning & Origins
English: 1. from Middle English god dai ‘good day’, possibly applied as a nickname for someone who frequently used this greeting. 2. from a Middle English female personal name Godeve, Old English Gōdgifu, composed of the elements gōd ‘good’ or god ‘god’ + gifu ‘gift’. This name has perhaps absorbed a less common name with the second element gūð ‘battle’. 3. nickname for a widow or an independent woman, from Middle English goodwife ‘mistress of a house’, from Old English gōd ‘good’ + wīf ‘woman’. Compare Goodman 1.
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- Hundreds
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 733
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Maine
- has the most people named Goody per capita
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