Goodwine Family Crest & Name History

Anyone researching Goodwine should also look under Goodwin. Read literally, Goodwine points to “Descendant of Godwin (God's friend)”.

• Spellings drifted because names were written down by ear in parish books, tax rolls and passenger lists.
• About 1,020 people in the United States were recorded as Goodwine in 2010, placing it 24,517 on the national list.
• The extra “e” in Goodwine is a spelling habit rather than a different name.
• You may also find the name written Godwin and Goodwyn.

Arms associated with the name

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