Goodsell Family History
Goodsell Name Meaning
English (Sussex and Kent): habitational name from Gadshill (Kent) or Goodsoal in Burwash (Sussex). Godshill Farm in Cowfold (Wyndham half-hundred Sussex) could be another source but the farm name may have been derived later from the Burwash surname or Godsell . Probably also an Americanized form of German Gutseel or Gutsell; like 1 these are a nickname for a kindly person (literally ‘good soul’). Alternatively it could be a shortened Americanized form of South German Gutgsell a nickname or journeyman's name from gut ‘good’ + Gesell(e) ‘fellow journeyman’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022