Goodall Name Meaning
English (mainly Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire):: metonymic occupational name from Middle English god(e) ‘good’ + ale ‘ale’; perhaps denoting an innkeeper or tan ale taster. An ale taster was a manorial or borough court official appointed to regulate the quality of ale sold by inns and alewives especially with the duty of preventing the sale of sour or watered-down ale. alternatively it may be a habitational name from Gowdall near Snaith in Yorkshire. This place was named in Old English with golde ‘marigold’ + halh ‘nook recess’.
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Woodall, Foxall, Gornall, Dowdall, Good, Gorrell, Goodsell, Goodwill
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts