Goodsell
surname · Latin script
Meaning: Probably also an Americanized form of German Gutseel or Gutseli; like 1, these are a nickname for a kindly person (literally ‘good soul’)
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 4 countries · latest register: Census Bureau, 2020
Goodsell is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States.
- AUAustralia
- GBUnited Kingdom
- CACanada
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)Probably also an Americanized form of German Gutseel or Gutseli; like 1, these are a nickname for a kindly person (literally ‘good soul’). Alternatively, it could be a reduced Americanized form of south German Gutgsell, a nickname or journeyman’s name, from gut ‘good’ + Gesell(e) ‘fellow’, ‘journeyman’.
Cited for this meaning 1
- Dictionary of American Family Names
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Recorded in:
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Other recorded senses
(measured from records)Goodsell is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
English; nickname from Middle English gode ‘good’ saule, soule ‘soul’.
as a nameDictionary of American Family Names
In English, A surname from Middle English.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name
(measured from records)- Jonas Platt Goodsellb. 1819USAmerican surveyor
- Daniel Ayres Goodsellb. 1840USAmerican clergyman
- Louis F. Goodsellb. 1847USAmerican politician in New York (1847-1924)
- Major Goodsellb. 1900USAmerican rower
- James Nelson Goodsellb. 1929USAmerican journalist (1929-1996)
- Charles Goodsellb. 1932USAmerican academic (1932–2024)
- David Goodsellb. 1961USAmerican structural biologist and scientific illustrator
- Hester Goodsellb. 1984GBBritish rower
- Madeline GoodsellAUAustralian table tennis player
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)11 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 4 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 2.1K | #13,589 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 2.1K | #14,208 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 2.1K | #13,560 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 7 | #143,513 |
| CR Costa Rica | TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names | — | 2 | #16,775 |
| BE Belgium | Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register) | 2008 | 1 | #162,443 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 4
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- 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
- What does the name Goodsell mean, and where does it come from?
- Probably also an Americanized form of German Gutseel or Gutseli; like 1, these are a nickname for a kindly person (literally ‘good soul’). Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
- In which country does Goodsell have the most bearers?
- Goodsell is most frequently recorded in the United States.
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About this data
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Goodsell”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.