Where Does the Goodwyn Surname Come From?

Goodwyn is a familiar spelling of the English name Goodwin. The name is generally explained as “Good friend”.

A variant of Goodwin

Spelled with “y” instead of “i”, Goodwyn shows how the same name was heard and written differently. Census takers and immigration officers often wrote what they heard. Other spellings include Goodwine and Godwin.

Surname statistics

1,546 Americans were listed as Goodwyn in the 2010 census. It sits among the 25,000 most common last names in the country.

Goodwyn coat of arms

There is no single Goodwyn family crest for every bearer. Herald Lab researches the arms historically associated with the name and explains whose they were.

Research your Goodwyn family history with a full surname report and painted coat of arms.