Does anyone want to share some cool facts about the last name: goethe? Is that name german?

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Does anyone want to share some cool facts about the last name: goethe? Is that name german?
Goethe is the surname of the German equivalent of Shakespeare. As such there are famous language education centers named thus.
Reply:Here are some websites relating to the surname, Goethe.


http://www.houseofnames.com/xq/asp.fc/qx...


or http://www.tr62.de/names/surnames3.html
Reply:Yes, it is pronounced Gethe in German. Also don't be fooled by peddlers of surname products like House of Names.





See links below:





http://www.college-of-arms.gov.uk/Faq.ht...





http://www.ngsgenealogy.org/comconsumerp...
Reply:This is what www.ancestry.com has to say about the name,


Goethe


German (also G枚the): from a short form of the personal name Godo, formed with the Germanic element god, got 鈥榞od鈥? or from Middle High German g枚te 鈥榞odfather鈥?


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