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The Good surname comes from the German word "guth," meaning "good." It was most likely originally a nickname for someone known to be a person of high esteem.

Early Origins of the Good family

The surname Good was first found in present day Switzerland, where a Herman der Guot was on record in Sulz, in 1236, and a Heinricus et Guto (Henry the good) was a free steward of an estate at Basel in 1286.

Early History of the Good family

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Good Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Gut, Guth, Gutte, Good, Guter and others.

Early Notables of the Good family

Notables of the time with the surname Good were Guth of Bâle, who were ennobled. Gabriel Gut (1541-1577) was a glass painter listed in the Swiss artist-lexicon...
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Good Ranking

In the United States, the name Good is the 951^st most popular surname with an estimated 32,331 people with that name. 1 However, in New Zealand, the name Good is ranked the 711^st most popular surname with an estimated 1,004 people with that name. 2

Good migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Good Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

Thomas Good, aged 24, who arrived in America in 1638 3
Mr. Thomas Good, (b. 1614), aged 24, British servant for the Batt family traveling aboard the ship "Bevis" arriving in New England in 1638 4
Robert Good, who settled in Massachusetts in 1646
Edward Good, who arrived in Maryland in 1655 3
Richard Good, who arrived in Virginia in 1655 3
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Good Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Pelina Good, who arrived in Virginia in 1702 3
Palma Good, who landed in Virginia in 1702 3
Susanna Good, who arrived in Virginia in 1706 3
Theis Good, who landed in Virginia in 1714 3
James Good, who arrived in Maryland in 1722
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Good Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Patrick Good, who arrived in Washington County, Pennsylvania in 1802 3
James Good, who arrived in America in 1812 3
William Good, who landed in New York, NY in 1827 3
Laurence Good, who arrived in New York, NY in 1837 3
Lawrence Good, who landed in New York, NY in 1837 3
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Good migration to Canada +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Good Settlers in Canada in the 17th Century

John Good, who settled in Caplin Cove, Newfoundland in 1675 5

Good Settlers in Canada in the 18th Century

Mr. David Good U.E. who settled in Canada c. 1784 6
Mr. David Good U.E. who settled in York Co., NB c. 1784 listed as a child but more than 10 years of age 6

Good Settlers in Canada in the 19th Century

John Good, who arrived in Canada in 1831
Anne Good, who arrived in Saint John, New Brunswick aboard the ship "Mary" in 1838
David Good, who landed in Canada in 1841
Joel Good, who landed in Canada in 1841
Ms. Hannah Good, aged 20 who immigrated to Canada, arriving at the Grosse Isle Quarantine Station in Quebec aboard the ship "Lady Gordon" departing from the port of Belfast, Ireland but died on Grosse Isle in June 1847 7

Good Settlers in Canada in the 20th Century

L H Good, who arrived in Saint John, New Brunswick in 1907
Mrs. Good, who arrived in Saint John, New Brunswick in 1907

Good migration to Australia +

Emigration to Australia followed the First Fleets of convicts, tradespeople and early settlers. Early immigrants include:

Good Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century

Mr. John Good, (b. 1782), aged 19, Irish Farmer who was convicted in Galway, Ireland for life, transported aboard the "Atlas" on 29th November 1801, arriving in New South Wales, Australia 8
Joseph Good, English convict from Surrey, who was transported aboard the "Ann" on August 1809, settling in New South Wales, Australia 9
Mr. Robert Good, English convict who was convicted in Newcastle Upon Tyne, Northumberland, England for life, transported aboard the "Eliza" on 22nd September 1819, arriving in New South Wales, Australia 10
Mr. John Good, (b. 1800), aged 20, Irish labourer who was convicted in Dublin, Ireland for 7 years for felony, transported aboard the "Dorothy" on 5th May 1820, arriving in New South Wales, Australia 11
John Good, English convict from Middlesex, who was transported aboard the "Asia" on April 1st, 1822, settling in New South Wales, Australia 12
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Good migration to New Zealand +

Emigration to New Zealand followed in the footsteps of the European explorers, such as Captain Cook (1769-70): first came sealers, whalers, missionaries, and traders. By 1838, the British New Zealand Company had begun buying land from the Maori tribes, and selling it to settlers, and, after the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840, many British families set out on the arduous six month journey from Britain to Aotearoa to start a new life. Early immigrants include:

Good Settlers in New Zealand in the 19th Century

Miss Sarah Good, (b. 1817), aged 24, British domestic servant travelling from Plymouth aboard the ship "Timandra" arriving in New Plymouth, Taranaki, North Island, New Zealand on 24th February 1842 13
Walter Good, who arrived in Nelson, New Zealand aboard the ship "John Masterman" in 1857
William Good, who arrived in Nelson, New Zealand aboard the ship "John Masterman" in 1857
Joseph Good, aged 23, who arrived in Lyttelton, New Zealand aboard the ship "Accrington" in 1863 14
Jane Good, aged 24, who arrived in Lyttelton, New Zealand aboard the ship "Accrington" in 1863 14
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Good migration to West Indies +

The British first settled the British West Indies around 1604. They made many attempts but failed in some to establish settlements on the Islands including Saint Lucia and Grenada. By 1627 they had managed to establish settlements on St. Kitts (St. Christopher) and Barbados, but by 1641 the Spanish had moved in and destroyed some of these including those at Providence Island. The British continued to expand the settlements including setting the First Federation in the British West Indies by 1674; some of the islands include Barbados, Bermuda, Cayman Island, Turks and Caicos, Jamaica and Belize then known as British Honduras. By the 1960's many of the islands became independent after the West Indies Federation which existed from 1958 to 1962 failed due to internal political conflicts. After this a number of Eastern Caribbean islands formed a free association. 15

Good Settlers in West Indies in the 17th Century

Elizabeth Good, a bonded emigrant send to Barbados in 1683

Contemporary Notables of the name Good (post 1700) +

Mary Lowe Good (1931-2019), American inorganic chemist, United States Secretary of Commerce (1996), Under Secretary of Commerce for Technology (1993-1997)
Michael Timothy Good (b. 1962), American test pilot and NASA astronaut with 312 hours in space 16
James William Good (1866-1929), American politician, member of U.S. Congress
James Isaac Good (1850-1924), American Reformed church clergyman and historian
Dallas Good (d. 2022), Canadian musician, founding member of The Sadies, a Canadian rock and roll / country and western band from Toronto, Ontario
Thomas Sword Good (1789-1872), English painter, born at Berwick-upon-Tweed, 4 Dec. 1789 17
Joseph Henry Good (1775-1857), English architect, son of the rector of Sambrook, Shropshire, where he was born on 18 Nov. 1775
John Mason Good (1764-1827), English physician and miscellaneous writer, born at Epping on 25 May 1764, the second son of the Rev. Peter Good, a congregational minister at Epping
Jack Good (1931-2017), British television producer, musical theatre producer, record producer, musician
Brigadier Edward Derek Good (b. 1906), British General during World War II 18
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Historic Events for the Good family +

HMS Hood

Mr. Frederick A Good (b. 1916), English Petty Officer serving for the Royal Navy from Freemantle, Southampton, England, who sailed into battle and died in the HMS Hood sinking 19
Mr. Bernard E C Good (b. 1918), English Marine serving for the Royal Marine from Mile End, Portsmouth, England, who sailed into battle and died in the HMS Hood sinking 19

USS Arizona

Mr. Leland Good, American Seaman Second Class from Illinois, USA working aboard the ship "USS Arizona" when she sunk during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on 7th December 1941, he died in the sinking 20

Citations +

"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
"Most Common Last Names in New Zealand." Forebears, https://forebears.io/new-zealand/surnames
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
Pilgrim Ship's of 1600's. Retrieved October 6th 2021 from https://www.packrat-pro.com/ships/shiplist.htm
Seary E.R., Family Names of the Island of Newfoundland, Montreal: McGill's-Queen's Universtity Press 1998 ISBN 0-7735-1782-0
Rubincam, Milton. The Old United Empire Loyalists List. Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc, 1976. (Originally published as; United Empire Loyalists. The Centennial of the Settlement of Upper Canada. Rose Publishing Company, 1885.) ISBN 0-8063-0331-X
Charbonneau, André, and Doris Drolet-Dubé. A Register of Deceased Persons at Sea and on Grosse Île in 1847. The Minister of Canadian Heritage, 1997. ISBN: 0-660-198/1-1997E (p. 30)
Convict Records Voyages to Australia (Retrieved 14th July 2020). Retrieved from https://convictrecords.com.au/ships/atlas
State Library of Queensland. (Retrieved 2016, October 27) Ann voyage to New South Wales, Australia in 1809 with 200 passengers. Retrieved from http://www.convictrecords.com.au/ships/ann/1809
Convict Records Voyages to Australia (Retrieved 10th February 2022). Retrieved from https://convictrecords.com.au/ships/eliza
Convict Records Voyages to Australia (Retrieved 12th July 2021). Retrieved from https://convictrecords.com.au/ships/dorothy
State Library of Queensland. (Retrieved 2016, October 27) Asia 1 voyage to Van Diemen's Land, Australia in 1822 with 190 passengers. Retrieved from http://www.convictrecords.com.au/ships/asia/1822
New Zealand Yesteryears Passenger Lists 1800 to 1900 (Retrieved 26th March 2019). Retrieved from http://www.yesteryears.co.nz/shipping/passlist.html
New Zealand Yesteryears Passenger Lists 1800 to 1900 (Retrieved 17th October 2018). Retrieved from http://www.yesteryears.co.nz/shipping/passlist.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_West_Indies
NASA Astronauts Homepage. (Retrieved 2010, September 27) Michael Good. Retrieved from http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/good-mt.html
Wikisource contributors. "Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900." Wikisource . Wikisource , 4 Jun. 2018. Web. 30 June 2020
Generals of World War II. (Retrieved 2011, October 5) Edward Good. Retrieved from http://generals.dk/general/Good/Edward_Derek/Great_Britain.html
H.M.S. Hood Association-Battle Cruiser Hood: Crew Information - H.M.S. Hood Rolls of Honour, Men Lost in the Sinking of H.M.S. Hood, 24th May 1941. (Retrieved 2016, July 15) . Retrieved from http://www.hmshood.com/crew/memorial/roh_24may41.htm
Pearl Harbour: USS Arizona Casualties List Pearl Harbour December 7, 1941. (Retrieved 2018, July 31st). Retrieved from http://pearl-harbor.com/arizona/casualtylist.html