Goodlad

English

Etymology

From good +‎ lad, a nickname for a trusted servant.

Proper noun

Goodlad (plural Goodlads)

1. A surname transferred from the nickname.

Derived terms

• Goodlad's stinkfish

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Goodlad is the 8678^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 725 individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Goodlad”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 64.