Goes Family Crest & Name History

Goes is a familiar spelling of the Portuguese name Gois. At root, the name means “From Góis”. Only a small detail separates the spellings: Goes has “e” where Gois has “i”.

About 538 people in the United States were recorded as Goes in 2010, placing it 40,610 on the national list. French civil records give 222 births under the name Goes from 1891 to 2000, peaking in 1961–1970.

Arms linked to Gois and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to. Get the complete Goes report, with a museum-style coat of arms.