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Globally, Godden (Godden , 戈登 , Годден ) is a rare primarily masculine, but very infrequently female forename. The first name Godden is characteristic of Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly Cameroon, where it is a rare masculine name, South Africa, where it is a very rare male name, and Nigeria, where it is a very rare gender-neutral name. In absolute terms, it most frequently occurs in Cameroon, China, and Nigeria. More prevalently, Godden is the last name as well as the forename.
Godden is also a popular name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Gordon Freeman , the fictional protagonist of the Half Life video game series, Half-Life 2; ALF , the fictional character, ALF; Gordon Plankton , the fictional character in SpongeBob SquarePants; member of the Plankton family; Gordon Gekko , the the main antagonist of the 1987 film Wall Street and the antihero of its 2010 sequel Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps and Gordon Schell , the character in the TV series Law & Order, and in many other works.