Gothard Family History
Gothard Name Meaning
English: variant of Goddard . English: occupational name for a keeper of goats from Middle English gotherde (Old English gāt ‘goat’ + hierde) ‘herdsman keeper’. English: variant of Goater with excrescent -d either a topographic name for someone who lived by a stream or ditch from Middle English gote ‘watercourse’ + the agent suffix -(e)r or an occupational name either from Middle English gotherde ‘goatherd’ or from Middle English goter ‘goatherd’ an agent derivative of Middle English got(e) ‘goat’ (Old English gāt). Americanized form of German Gotthardt .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022