Goda Family History
Goda Name Meaning
Hungarian and Slovak: from the old personal name Goda a short form of Slavic names like Godemir based on the element god ‘to do good to please’ (from Old Slavic goditi). This is also a Sorbian surname found in Germanized forms only (see Goede ). Japanese (Gōda): written 合田 ‘connected rice paddies’. It is not common in Japan; this pronunciation is found mostly on the island of Shikoku. In western Japan it is pronounced Aita . Indian (Gujarat): Jain name of unexplained etymology based on the name of a Jain community.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022