Given name & surname · also German
Goddard
“one who is divinely firm”
Goddard is used as a given name and a surname. One German interpretation is “one who is divinely firm.”
Original GermanGotthard
Meaning & origin
What it means
One German interpretation is “one who is divinely firm.”
Where it comes from
A possible origin is Old English, although the derivation remains uncertain.
How it developed
Goddard developed from Old English Godeheard. The earlier name combines god (“god”) and heard (“hardy, brave, strong”).
Goddard’s family of names
Goddard shares a linguistic root with Gotthard. In English usage, Goddard has a conventional equivalent in the Latvian form GATIS. Goddard has a related form in Godard.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Goddard has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Old English roots to each of them.
5 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 10
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Godardvariant · English
- Gotthartvariant
- Gotthardtvariant · German
- Gotthardvariant · German
- Gothartvariant
- Godhardtvariant
- Godhartvariant
- Goddartvariant
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Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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