The goforth Surname
goforth Name Meaning and History
Probably an Americanized spelling of German Goffarth, a
Lower Rhine variant of Godefried (see Gottfried), or an
Americanized spelling of the Dutch cognate Goeffoet.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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