Goody is both a surname and an honorific, short for goodwife, 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 M. Goody (1921–2023), British-American atmospheric physicist and professor of planetary physics 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 Goody Two-Shoes or Margery Meanwell, the heroine of the 1765 first children's novel ever written in English and now used a descriptor for an excessively virtuous person or do-gooder
Nickname: Goody Petronelli (1923–2012), American boxing trainer and co-manager Goody Rosen (1912–1994), Canadian Major League Baseball All Star outfielder