Goodey
surname · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ɡʊdi/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Goodey is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United Kingdom. Recorded meaning: Main GB Location (1881): Essex and Middx.
- GBUnited Kingdom
- USUnited States
- AUAustralia
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Main GB Location (1881): Essex and Middx. (i) nickname from the Middle English salutation godne dæie, about 1205, godun dai, about 1250, god dai after 1300 (OED), ‘(have a, God give you a) good day!’ Compare Haggerty (2) and the salutation ‘good morrow’ in Walter Godemorwe (Godemorwen), 1327 in Subsidy Rolls (Essex). Some of the following bearers may alternatively belong with (2), (3), or (4). (ii) nickname, occupational name, possibly in some instances from Middle English god(e) day(e) (or dey(e)) ‘good dairy man’ (see Day ).
Sources 1
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
No national register we accept counts this name’s bearers, so the page lists where it is found and publishes no figure.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Alfred E. Goodeyb. 1878GBPhilanthropist and art collector (1878-1945)
- Keith Goodeyb. 1970GBbadminton player
- Fritha Goodeyb. 1972GBactress (1972-2004)
- J.Basil Goodeybotanist
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 15 sources across 6 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 180 | #105,671 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 178 | #95,091 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 160 | #110,286 |
| ES Spain | INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal) | — | 28 | #67,593 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 28 | #65,950 |
| NO Norway | SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population) | — | 7 | #64,458 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 6 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 6 | #177,061 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 3 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 3 | #262,269 |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 3 | #66,732 |
| CZ Czechia | MVČR — living population register 2017 | — | 1 | #232,887 |
Reference works 3
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- How do you pronounce Goodey?
- A machine transcription gives /ɡʊdi/ (IPA) for English.
- What does the name Goodey mean?
- Recorded meaning: Main GB Location (1881): Essex and Middx.
- In which country does Goodey have the most bearers?
- Goodey is most frequently recorded in the United Kingdom.
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About this data
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Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Goodey”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.