Goodling Family History
Goodling Name Meaning
Probably an Americanized form of German Gütlein or Güthlein or Güthling: status name for a smallholder from Middle High German guot ‘landholding small farm’ + the diminutive suffix -lein -li -lin or alternatively a nickname for a good and kindly person from Middle High German güetlich later changed as though derived from a personal name composed with ancient Germanic god got ‘god’ or gōd ‘good’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022