Goodman Family History
Goodman Name Meaning
English: from the Middle English personal name Godeman Old English Gōdmann composed of the elements gōd ‘good’ or god ‘god’ + man ‘man’. English: status name from Middle English gode ‘good’ + man ‘man’ in part from use as a term for the master of a household. In Scotland the term denoted a landowner who held his land not directly from the crown but from a feudal vassal of the king. English: from the Middle English personal name Gudmund Godmund (from the Old English personal name Gūthmund composed of the elements gūth ‘battle’ + mund ‘protection’ or the Old Norse cognate Guthmundr). Americanized form of Jewish Gutman German Gutmann or its Dutch cognate Goedman.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022