Goforth Family History
Goforth Name Meaning
English (East Yorkshire): from the Middle English phrase go fair ‘travel safely’ later altered to Goforth perhaps through confusion with Garforth . In some cases probably also an Americanized form of German Goffart or of its very rare variant Goffarth: from a Lower Rhine variant of the personal name Gottfried .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022