Given name & surname

Goda

“to please”

Goda is a surname with more than one origin. It is used in English and Old English.

Meaning & origin

What it means

As a Hungarian and Slovak surname, Goda goes back to Proto-Slavic *goditi, meaning “to please.”

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where it comes from

As a Hungarian and Slovak surname, it comes from Proto-Slavic *goditi.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Proto-Slavic *goditi (“to please”).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Goda’s family of names

In Greek usage, Goda as a surname is a transliteration of Γόδα.

Walk Goda’s family in the name graph

GodaΓόδαGōda

Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.

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Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Across languages 1

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

Similar names

If you love Goda, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Slavic

Gorall

“mountain dweller”

No U.S. birth series

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Slavic

Gorane

“woman from the mountain”

No U.S. birth series

>99% girls

Slavic

Gogol

“common goldeneye, Bucephala clangula”

No U.S. birth series

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Slavic

Gollob

“pigeon, dove”

No U.S. birth series

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Slavic

Goroll

“mountain dweller”

No U.S. birth series

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Slavic

Gorol

“mountain dweller”

No U.S. birth series

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Slavic

Łagoda

Łagoda is a surname from Proto-Slavic. It is used in Polish.

No U.S. birth series

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Slavic

Gonschor

“gander”

No U.S. birth series

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Sibling ideas

Names that share Goda’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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