Goethe (surname)


Goethe is a German surname. It is best known for Johann Wolfgang von Goethe .
It belongs to the group of surnames derived from given names, in this case given names in Got-, in most cases likely Gottfried. Variants of the surname include Göth, Goeth and Göthke, Götke.
The name is comparatively rare; the German phonebook has 176 entries for Göthe and 168 entries for Goethe; 179 entries for Göth and 28 entries for Goeth; 11 entries for Götke and 2 entries for Göthke.

List of people with the surname

Members of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's family bearing the surname:
Other people called Goethe, Göthe or Gothe:
People called Goeth or Göth