Goodman in my family tree
English: 1: status name from Middle English gode + man good + man, in part from use as a term for the master of an household. In Scotland the term was used of a landowner, however large his estate, who held his land not directly from the crown but from a feudal vassal of the king. 2: from a Middle English given name Godeman, Old English Godmann, composed of the elements god good or god god + mann man. 3: from the Old English personal name Guðmund, composed of the elements guð + mund battle + protection, or the Old Norse cognate Guðmundr. 4: Jewish (Ashkenazic): anglicization of any of the Jewish surnames given below.
Variants: Goddman, Godman, Goduman.
Cognates (of 1): German: Gutermann, Gutmann, Guttmann. Jewish (Ashkenazic): Giterman, Gitterman (South Ashkenazic); Gutman (also used as a male given name, from which the surname may in some cases be derived), Gutmann, Guttman, Guttmann; Guterman, Gutterman. Low German: Godemann, Gothmann, Gudemann.
Patronymics (from 1): Dutch, Flemish: Goemans. (from 3): Swedish: Gudmundsson.
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