GOODRICH Origin of surname
GOODRICH
Surnames derive from one of many different origins. Sometimes there may be more than one explanation for the same name. This family name derives from a personal characteristic or nickname.
Goodrich is a translation of the German Gutreich, which means "very rich". The German Gut, meaning "good", is closely related to the Hebrew Shem Tov, and Nome Boneum, literally "good name", and to the biblical name Tobiah, which means "the goodness of God". Shem Tov was also rendered as Kalonymos, the Greek for "beautiful/good name", thereby repeating the link between good and beautiful also found in the Arabic El Maleh/Al Malih, which mean both. Its equivalents comprise the Hebrew Tov and Yaffe, the Spanish Bueno, the Italian Del Bene, the German Gut(h)and the Arabic Tayyeb and Tayib. Kalonymos is documented as a Jewish name in 8th century Italy. Its Latin form, Kalonymus, produced Calmus, the Italian Calo and Calimani, and the French Calot. Central and Eastern Europe developed names based on Cal(I)man(i) such as Kalman/Calman and diverse variants, comprising Kleimann and Klee. Kalo(n), the first part of Kalonymos, is the Greek for "beautiful/handsome", an equivalent of the Hebrew Yaffe. Nome Boneum is recorded in 11th century Spain and El-Maleh is documented as a Jewish family name in 13th century Spain. Bueno and Almari are documented in the 14th century, Maleh and Almale in the 15th century, and El Maleh in the 17th century.
Distinguished bearers of the Jewish family name Goodrich include the 20th century American business executive, Morris David Goodrich.
Surnames derive from one of many different origins. Sometimes there may be more than one explanation for the same name. This family name derives from a personal characteristic or nickname.
Goodrich is a translation of the German Gutreich, which means "very rich". The German Gut, meaning "good", is closely related to the Hebrew Shem Tov, and Nome Boneum, literally "good name", and to the biblical name Tobiah, which means "the goodness of God". Shem Tov was also rendered as Kalonymos, the Greek for "beautiful/good name", thereby repeating the link between good and beautiful also found in the Arabic El Maleh/Al Malih, which mean both. Its equivalents comprise the Hebrew Tov and Yaffe, the Spanish Bueno, the Italian Del Bene, the German Gut(h)and the Arabic Tayyeb and Tayib. Kalonymos is documented as a Jewish name in 8th century Italy. Its Latin form, Kalonymus, produced Calmus, the Italian Calo and Calimani, and the French Calot. Central and Eastern Europe developed names based on Cal(I)man(i) such as Kalman/Calman and diverse variants, comprising Kleimann and Klee. Kalo(n), the first part of Kalonymos, is the Greek for "beautiful/handsome", an equivalent of the Hebrew Yaffe. Nome Boneum is recorded in 11th century Spain and El-Maleh is documented as a Jewish family name in 13th century Spain. Bueno and Almari are documented in the 14th century, Maleh and Almale in the 15th century, and El Maleh in the 17th century.
Distinguished bearers of the Jewish family name Goodrich include the 20th century American business executive, Morris David Goodrich.