The story
- French · borrowed fromGodbout
- English todayGodbout
From French Godbout. The river and village are named after early local settler Nicolas Godeboust. The village and river were earlier spelled as "Godebout" before migrating to the current North American standard spelling of the surname "Godbout" for this term that is still "Godebout" in Europe.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.