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All around the world, Goody (Goody , 古迪 , גודי ) is quite a rare unisex given name. The forename Goody is characteristic of Israel, where it is quite a rare mostly girly, but uncommonly boy's name, Egypt, where it is quite a rare predominantly girly, but very seldom boy's name, and Saudi Arabia, where it is a rare gender-neutral name. Likewise, Goody is the last name as well as the forename.
Goody is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Goody Goochy (the village midwife-undertaker) , the operatic character in the opera Bilby's Doll and Goody Greene , the operatic character in the opera Bilby's Doll.