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goodenough Name Meaning and History

  1. nickname from Middle English gode ‘good’ + enoh ‘enough’ (Old English genoh). Reaney suggests that it was bestowed on one who was easily satisfied; it may also have been used with reference to one whose achievements were average, ‘good enough’ though not outstanding.
  2. possibly a nickname meaning ‘good lad’ or ‘good servant’, from Middle English gode knave, from Old English god ‘good’ + cnafa ‘boy’, ‘servant’.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of goodenough Families in the US in 1920
Number of goodenough families
 40-78
 14-39
 1-13
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