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Updated January 5, 2024

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Family name origins & meanings

  • Hungarian : from the old Hungarian secular personal name Goda, probably from a short form of Godimir, Godislav, or some other Slavic name.
  • Japanese : (Gōda): ‘connected rice paddies’. The name is not common in Japan; this pronunciation is found mostly on the island of Shikoku. In western Japan it is pronounced Aita.
  • Indian (Gujarat) : Jain name of unknown meaning, based on the name of a Jain community.

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