Looking for the origin of the last name Goss?

Question

My last name is Goss and I want to know the country of origin geanology

Answer 1

It looks like it might be Britain or Germany. It seems there is controversy as to the place of origin.

Answer 2

Goss
This interesting name is of Norman\French origin, and is derived from an Old French personal name "Gosse",
itself a pet form of the name "Gocelin", and related to the Germanic name "Gozzo", with the first element
"god", good or "got", god. This name is found chiefly in the West Country, where there are numerous early
recordings in Devon and Cornwall; for example, the marriage of John Gosse and Margaret Northcott on September
1559 at St. Mary Arche's, Exeter, Devon, and the christening of Ann Goss on July 9th 1742 at Bodmin, Cornwall.
However, it is also possible that Goss(e) may have originated as a medieval nickname from the Middle English
"gos", meaning a goose, and would have been given to a person with some fancied resemblance to the bird. The
name development has included, Richard Goce (1205) and Thomas Joce, (1327). A notable bearer of the name was
Sir John Goss (1800 - 1880), musical composer, and organist of St. Paul's Cathedral (1838 - 1872). In 1876, he
received a doctorate of Music degree from Cambridge University, and composed many anthems, including one for
Wellington's funeral. The family Coat of Arms is a silver shield with nine red mullets in saltire, the Crest
being a falcon, wings expanded and inverted proper, ducally gorged gold. The first recorded spelling of the
family name is shown to be that of
Hugo Gosse, which was dated
1202, witness in the "Assize Rolls of Lincolnshire", during the reign of
King John, known as "Lackland", 1199 - 1216.

Answer 3

I can support this with additional information.

Goss seems to be a German name, go to the first link (it shows the number of people living in Germany shown on a map with the counties of Germany), fill in your name and push: Kartieren, when the next page opens push: Relatives Vorkommen (this is the number of people having this name in relation to the total number of people living in the county), go back and push: Absolute Karte (this is the real number of people living in the county). Both are similar. I prefer the first one.

The area with the highest number of people is in the counties of Rhine- land/Pallatinate and the northern counties of state of Hesse, roughly around 100 miles north of Frankfurt, today most live in Bavaria. This is not unusual as people move over the generations.

Relating to the second link above: if you related to this lineage a lot of facts make sense. The christian names are all "americanized" german names: Friederich (ending as in "dish") and Jakob, they were were popular in the 17 and 18th century in Germany. Both areas have been very poor and a lot of people left the country to the colonies in North America. Research the history of Pennsylvania during this time. That they came with a ship with an english name can be explained that Britain ahd the largest fleet and that Peensylvania was a british colony . Why should a german ship go to the colony ?

The northern part of Hesse was so poor and the reigning monarch in such a need of money that during the war for Independance he sold men from his country to the king of England, 50 % of the troups used were from Hesse and the "headless horseman" in the novel "Sleepey Hollow" is one a hessian soldier.

I checked other german websites: there is no history of the name Goss but it sounds like a lokal dialekt or a specific word of a lokal dialekt, no history here. Sorry.

Hope tis helped ....

Answer 4

Contrary to popular belief, the surname GAUSE is not of German origin. The surname's foundation is French

In Scotland, the family retained much of the original spelling of the surname GOS(S)E, occasionally dropping the 'e' or one 's.' Both the English and Gaelic languages made the 'osse' sound with 'os,' with the 'e' and 's' being redundant. The spelling used by the family was GOSE or GOSS until Charles came to the British Colonies.

Answer 5

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Answer 6

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