Goodspeed (surname) explained

As a surname, "Goodspeed" derives from "Godspeed", which in turn comes from the expression "God speed (you)", a wish for success and fortune on behalf of one setting out on a trip or an enterprise.

People with the surname

• Dan Goodspeed (born 1977), US athlete in football
• Edgar J. Goodspeed (1871–1962), US theologian, scholar and author of numerous writings about the Bible
  • Estella Goodspeed and Allen Goodspeed, wife and son of Arthur Scott Bailey Joey Goodspeed (born 1978), US athlete in football
• Marjorie Reynolds (1917–1997), US film actress, born Marjorie Goodspeed
• Paula Goodspeed (1978–2008), US singer and American Idol auditioner, accused stalker of Paula Abdul
• Tyler Goodspeed (b. 1984/85), American economist

In fiction

• Ethan Rom, alias of Dr. Ethan Goodspeed, a character in the US television series Lost
• Gary Goodspeed, the main character of the US animated television series Final Space
• Horace Goodspeed, a character in the US television series Lost
• Patience Goodspeed, the main character in The Voyage of Patience Goodspeed and The Education of Patience Goodspeed, by Heather Vogel Frederick^[1]
• Dr. Stanley Goodspeed, a character in the 1996 US film The Rock

Notes and References

1. King . Janette . The Education of Patience Goodspeed . Historical Novel Review . 2005 . 33 . 8 March 2022.