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This interesting surname is a metronymic form of the Middle English female given name "Godeve", from the old English pre 7th Century personal name "Godgifu", composed of the elements "god" meaning good or god plus "gifu" a gift. The personal name may also be Godith from the old English "Godguth", "god" meaning good or god plus "guth" a battle. "Godit" (without surname), appears in the Rotuli Chartarum in 1199 and "Godith", is noted in the 1206 Curia Regis Rolls of Bedfordshire. In the modern idiom the surname can be found in several spellings including Goodison, Gooderson, Goodinson and Goodson.The surname is first recorded in the early half of the 14th Century (see below)...Who have we missed?
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