Given name & surname
Goody
“an upstanding man”
Goody is a variant of Goode. One English interpretation is “an upstanding man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Goody is a variant of Goode. One English interpretation is “an upstanding man.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Goody is a variant of Goode. An origin associated with Goode is English.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
From Middle English Godeve, from Old English Godġifu, built from Old English god + ġifu.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
As a given name, Goody was taken from the surname.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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.
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