Goff - wikipedia Goff For other uses, see Goff ( disambiguation ). Goff Origin Region of origin 1. German Dutch English French Italian Greek Cornish Welsh Indian Jewish Meaning 1. Godly person / strong warrior / a high priest, 2. `` smith '' 3. `` son of Eochaidh / Eachaidh 4. `` red haired '' Other names Variant ( s ) Gough, McGough, Goffstein Goff is a surname with several distinct origins. It is the 946th most common family name in the United States. When the surname originates from England it is derived from an occupational name from German, Cornish and Breton. The German Goff means a godly person, a strong warrior, or a priest. The Breton goff means `` smith '' ( cognate with Gaelic gobha ). The English - originating surname is common in East Anglia, where it is of Breton origin. The Welsh name is a variant of the surname Gough, and is derived from a nickname for someone with red hair. The native Irish name is derived from a patronymic form of the Gaelic personal name Eochaidh / Eachaidh, which means `` horseman ''. Notable people Barbara Goff, classics professor Bruce Goff, architect Darius Goff ( 1809 -- 1891 ), industrialist and businessman Frederick R. Goff ( 1916 -- 1982 ), librarian Greg Goff, American college baseball coach Guy D. Goff ( 1866 -- 1933 ), US Senator from West Virginia H.N. Goff, American politician and businessman Harper Goff, American artist, musician, and actor Helen Lyndon Goff author, better known as P.L. Travers the creator of Mary Poppins Jared Goff, American football quarterback Jacques Le Goff, French historian John William Goff ( 1848 -- 1924 ), American lawyer and politician from New York Jonathan Goff, American football player Keli Goff, American journalist, playwright and screenwriter Kenneth Goff, American anti-communist Martyn Goff ( 1923 - 2015 ), British author, bookseller and literary administrator Mike Goff, professional baseball player / manager Mike Goff ( football player ), American football player Nathan Goff Jr., member of the United States Congress Phil Goff, former leader of the Labour Party of New Zealand Robert Goff ( football player ), American football player Robert Goff, Baron Goff of Chieveley ( 1926 -- 2016 ), British judge and law lord Sir Park Goff, 1st Baronet, British Conservative party politician, MP Stan Goff, author Trish Goff, fashion model References Jump up ^ `` Most Common Surnames ( Last Names ) in the United States ( top 1000 ) ''. Retrieved 24 October 2017. Jump up ^ `` Mcgough Name Meaning & Mcgough Family History at Ancestry.com ''. www.ancestry.com. Retrieved 24 October 2017. Jump up ^ `` Goff Name Meaning & Goff Family History at Ancestry.com ''. www.ancestry.com. Retrieved 24 October 2017. External links Goff / Gough Surname DNA Study Most Common Surnames in the U.S. The Goff Surname, Ancestry.com The Gough Surname, Ancestry.com The McGough Surname, Ancestry.com Surnames associated with the occupation of smith Armenian Darbinyan Celtic Cowell Goff Gow Gowan Mac a ' Ghobhainn MacGavin / McGavin MacGowan / McGowan Germanic De Smet Schmid Schmidt Schmied Schmieden Schmitt Schmitz Schmitzer Smeets Smet Smets Smit Smith Smithe Smither Smithers Smithies Smithson Smits Smyth Smythe Szmidt Indic Lohar Kartvelian Mchedlidze Mchedlishvili Romance Fabbri Faber Fabre Fabri Faure Favre Feaver Ferrara Ferrari Ferraris Ferraro Ferrara Ferré Ferreira Ferrer Ferrero Ferreiro Ferretti Ferrier Fieraru Fierarul Herrera Herrero Lefébure Lefebvre Lefèvre Semitic Haddad Hadodo Al - Haddad El - Haddad Slavic Covaci Kavalyow Kovač Kovačić Kovačević Kovachev Kovács Koval Kovalchuk ( Kowalczuk ) Kovalenko Kovalevich ( Kowalewicz ) Kovalevsky Kovalic Kovalik Kovalyuk Kovals Kovalyov Kovář Kovařík Kowal, Kowalczyk, Kowalewski, Kowalik, Kowalski Kuznets Kuznetsov Turkic Demirci Demircioğlu Uralic Sepp Seppä Seppänen Seppälä From `` spark '' rel. to occ. ' smith ' Funke Vonck Vonk This page lists people with the surname Goff. If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person 's given name ( s ) to the link. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Goff&oldid=810087283 '' Categories : Occupational surnames Surnames German - language surnames Cornish - language surnames Breton - language surnames Hidden categories : All set index articles Talk About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 13 November 2017, at 07 : 58. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia ® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization. About Wikipedia

Question: where does the last name goff come from
Answer: German