The clan of Godis
- Last name translations Godis , Goodis , Gudis , Годис , גודיס
- Related articles Происхождение фамилии Гудис
About the family coat-of-arms
Origin of Godis name
The family name Gudis comes from the name of a maternal ancestor of the family - Hadassah (possible transformation of the sound "h" into Russian "g" and "a" into "u" in Ukrainian dialect of Yiddish).
This female name is encountered already in the TaNaCh. According to the tradition, the Jewish name of queen Esther (a hero of Purim; Esther is a Babylonian name) was Hadassah.
This name is not a very wide-spread one and throughout the ages it occurred in some communities and did not occur in others. Starting from the middle ages (13-14 century) the name Hadassah became used in Austria and then moved to Bohemia and already from there it moved to the East - to Poland.
Gudes is an Yiddish form of this name that was mainly occurring in eastern parts of Poland and in Volyn (an area in Ukraine). So apparently the name Gudes appeared just in these regions. In the end of the 19 - beginning of the 20 century people having this name lived in Berdichev, Rovno, Starokonstantinov.
Full article pageDear representatives of the Godis clan
We would like to invite you to help us ressurect the history of your family, to link up the branches of your family tree and to find relatives abroad. Among Jews, due to the manner in which family names were acquired and passed down, there are relatively few people who, although unrelated, bear the same surname as one another. The majority of Jewish people who bear a certain family name can usually trace their roots back to a common ancestor about 5-6 generations back. Further, when two Jewish people bear the same surname, they are usually members of the same broader 'clan', descended of the same extended family.Resurrect your History - for he, who owns the Past also owns the Future.
Let your family be entered into the Book of Generations!
