Definitions for Goddard
ˈgɒd ərdgod·dard

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1. Goddard, Robert Hutchings Goddardnoun

   United States physicist who developed the first successful liquid-fueled rocket (1882-1945)

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1. Goddardnoun

   A male given name from the Germanic languages.

2. Goddardnoun

   A patronymic surname.

3. Etymology: Name of a 10th-11th-century German saint, from Old High German got ("God") + harti,herti ("hard, strong"). Brought to England by Normans.

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1. goddard

   Goddard could refer to several things such as: 1) Robert H. Goddard: An American physicist and inventor, regarded as one of the pioneers of rocketry. 2) Goddard Space Flight Center: The largest combined organization of scientists and engineers in the United States dedicated to increasing knowledge of the Earth, the Solar System, and the Universe via observations from space. 3) The surname Goddard: Common in English-speaking countries, this surname might have originated from "Godhard", an ancient personal name. The specific meaning would depend on the context in which the term is being used.

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1. Goddard

   Goddard is a fictional character from the tv series The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius.

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1. GODDARD

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Goddard is ranked #2335 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Goddard surname appeared 15,599 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 5 would have the surname Goddard.
   
   85.5% or 13,345 total occurrences were White.
   8.4% or 1,323 total occurrences were Black.
   2.4% or 385 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   1.8% or 292 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   0.9% or 148 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
   0.6% or 105 total occurrences were Asian.

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1. • Physicist

Usage in printed sourcesFrom: 

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How to pronounce Goddard?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say Goddard in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Goddard in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Goddard in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of Goddard in a Sentence

1. Joshua Schlieder:

   MARS MAY HAVE HOSTED LIFE EARLIER THAN EARTH DID, STUDY SAYS Joshua Schlieder, a co-author of the study and an astrophysicist at NASA Goddard, said that not all planets that orbit stars are identical, highlighting the differences between Earth and Venus. We still have many questions about why Earth became habitable and Venus did not.

2. Allison Goddard:

   I have seen, for example, a video of a C-section, and it shows the patient being rolled into the operating room. It shows the patient being prepped for surgery. You could see her hospital gown tucked up under her breasts. You could see her bare belly, it's horrifying to think that, especially in today's day and age of the ubiquity of videos on the internet, if one of those videos were to get in the wrong hands, there's no controlling it. It takes Allison Goddard own medical care outside Allison Goddard own control.

3. Conor McGregor:

   All I ’m saying, Marc Goddard’s a f ---- t, i never knew Marc Goddard was a f ---- t.

4. Gloria DeHaven:

   Chaplin needed two kids to play Paulette Goddard's ragamuffin sisters, all we had to do was wear tattered clothes, eat bananas and do big takes. I thought, 'If this is show business, count me in.'.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Goddard
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Goddard
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Goddard
5. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html
6. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=Goddard