A surname; notably associated with Robert H. Goddard, the pioneering rocket scientist.
From Old English 'god' + 'herd' (one who tends), meaning 'one who herds goats' or similar livestock-related occupations. Surnames in English often originated from occupations or characteristics.
Robert Goddard invented the liquid-fueled rocket in 1926 in rural Massachusetts, and the government and scientific establishment largely dismissed him—yet his work became the foundation for modern rocketry and the space race.
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