Where Does the Godson Surname Come From?

There is no single Godson family crest for every bearer. Herald Lab researches the arms historically associated with the name and explains whose they were.

Family name meaning

Search old registers for Godson and you will soon meet Goodson too. The family name meaning is “Son of Good”, the same as for Goodson.

Godson drops the “o” of Goodson, a simplification that clerks often made. Local scribes, dialects and emigration all left their mark on how the name was written. The 2010 census count for Godson in the United States was 262, good for rank 73,911.

Get the complete Godson report, with a museum-style coat of arms.