Goody (name)

Goody is both a surname and an honorific analogous to modern-day “Mrs,” as well as a nickname. Notable people with the name include:

Surname:
 * Gordon Goody (1930–2016), British criminal, involved in the Great Train Robbery
 * Jack Goody (1919–2015), British social anthropologist
 * Jade Goody (1981–2009), British reality television star
 * Joan E. Goody (1935–2009), American architect
 * Laila Goody (born 1971), Norwegian actress
 * Lancelot John Goody (1908–1992), Roman Catholic bishop then archbishop of Perth
 * Nick Goody (born 1991), American baseball player
 * Richard Goody (1921–2023), emeritus professor of planetary physics at Harvard University
 * Roger S Goody (born 1944), English biochemist

Honorific:
 * Goody Cole or Eunice Cole, only woman convicted of witchcraft in New Hampshire
 * Goody Osborne or Sarah Osborne, woman accused of witchcraft in the Salem witch trials of 1692 biochemist

Nickname:
 * Goody Petronelli, (1923–2012), American boxing trainer and co-manager
 * Goody Rosen, (1912–1994), Canadian Major League Baseball All Star outfielder