The story
- Old High German · derived fromgot“God”
- English todayGoddard
* As an English surname of Norman origin, name of a 10th-11th-century German saint, from Old High German got (“God”) + harti,herti (“hard, strong”). Brought to England by Normans. Compare Gothard, Godard. * As a French surname, variant of Gaudet.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.