Good

See also: good and ++good

English

Etymology 1

• As an English surname, from the adjective good.
• Also as an English surname, from the personal name Gōde, which represents the first part of names such as Godfrey, Gottfried, etc.
• As a German surname, Americanized from Gut, Guth.
• As a Dutch surname, Americanized from Goed, Goede.

Alternative forms

• Goode

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡʊd/

Proper noun

Good

1. A surname.
   • 2026 January 8, Michelle Goldberg, “By Killing Renee Good, ICE Sent a Message to Us All”, in The New York Times‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 8 January 2026:

     As The New York Times reported, bystander footage filmed from several different angles shows that the agent who shot Good wasn’t in the path of her S.U.V. when he fired on her.

2. An unincorporated community in Hampshire County, West Virginia.

Etymology 2

Ellipsis of the form of the Good, a calque of Ancient Greek ἡ τοῦ ἀγαθοῦ ἰδέα (hē toû agathoû idéa), a concept used in Plato's Republic.

Proper noun

the Good

1. (philosophy) Plato's metaprinciple of proper systemic function between principles; the fundamental Platonic form which enables knowledge and metacognition, from which other concepts such as truth, justice and virtue derive meaning.

Cebuano

Etymology

From guod.

Proper noun

Good

1. a surname