Goode

Goode is a family name.

Origin and Meaning

Goode was originally a nickname from an English surname derived meaning " good" ( good english ), which referred to a friendly person.

Bearers of the name

Family name

• Andy Goode ( rugby player ) ( born 1980 ), British rugby player
• Andy Brian Goode ( born 1960 ), English badminton player
• Coleridge Goode (* 1914), British jazz bassist
• Conrad Goode (born 1962 ), American actor
• Brad Goode ( born 1963 ), American jazz musician and high school teachers
• Daniel Goode ( b. 1936 ), American composer and clarinetist
• David Goode (born 1971 ), British organist
• Erich Goode, American sociologist
• George Brown Goode (1851-1896), American ichthyologist
• Henry Goode Blasdel (1825-1900), American politician
• Jeff Goode, American screenwriter and playwright
• Joanne Goode (born 1972 ), English badminton player
• John Goode (1829-1909), American politician
• John Paul Goode (1862-1932), American geographer
• Lynda Tolbert - Goode (born 1967 ), American hurdler
• Malvin Russell Goode (1908-1995), American journalist
• Matthew Goode (born 1978 ), British actor
• Patrick Gaines Goode (1798-1862), American politician
• Richard Goode ( born 1943 ), American pianist
• Roy Goode ( born 1933), British lawyer
• Samuel Goode (1756-1822), American politician
• Virgil Goode ( born 1946 ), American politician
• William Goode ( politician ) ( 1798-1859 ), American politician
• William Allmond Codrington Goode (1907-1986), British colonial administrator
• William Josiah Goode (1917-2003), American sociologist
• Wilson Goode ( born 1938 ), American politician

Art figure

• Johnny B. Goode, rock-' n' -roll song by Chuck Berry