English: habitational name for someone from either of two places in
Leicestershire, Goadby or Goadby Marwood, named from the Old Norse
personal name Gauti + býr ‘farmstead’, ‘settlement’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
Start your FREE family tree. Who will you discover?
A family tree is the easiest way to start discovering your family history. To begin, just enter whatever you know and we'll use that to try and find more information for you.
Begin your family tree with your name:
The godby name in History
A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the godby family name as far back in history as possible.
Member Connections
Anonymously contact one of the Ancestry members researching the godby last name.