Is There a Godard Coat of Arms?

Godard is one more way Goddard has been written over the centuries. Its meaning, shared with Goddard, is “God hard", a Germanic personal name"”. Godard drops the “d” of Goddard, a shortening that clerks often made. Before spelling was standardised, one family could appear under several forms. Other spellings include Goddart.

987 Americans were listed as Godard in the 2010 census. Between 1891 and 2000, 17,640 babies born in France were registered as Godard, with the most births in 1961–1970.

Arms linked to Goddard and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to. Want more than a summary? See the Godard family name pack.