Goudeau Family History
Goudeau Name Meaning
French:: from a pet form of any of various ancient Germanic compound personal names with the first element gōd ‘good’ or god got ‘god’. nickname from a diminutive of Old French gode ‘happy-go-lucky debauched’. This surname is found mainly in LA. Compare Godeaux .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022