Goodspeed (surname)
As a surname, "Goodspeed" derives from "Godspeed", which in turn comes from the expression "God speed ", a wish for success and fortune on behalf of one setting out on a trip or an enterprise.
People with the surname
- Dan Goodspeed, US athlete in football
- Edgar J. Goodspeed, US theologian, scholar and author of numerous writings about the Bible
- Estella Goodspeed and Allen Goodspeed, wife and son of Arthur Scott Bailey
- Joey Goodspeed, US athlete in football
- Marjorie Reynolds, US film actress, born Marjorie Goodspeed
- Paula Goodspeed, US singer and American Idol auditioner, accused stalker of Paula Abdul
- Tyler Goodspeed, American economist
In fiction
- Ethan Rom, alias of Dr. Ethan Goodspeed, a character in the US television series Lost
- Gary Goodspeed, the main character of the US animated television series Final Space
- Horace Goodspeed, a character in the US television series Lost
- Patience Goodspeed, the main character in The Voyage of Patience Goodspeed and The Education of Patience Goodspeed, by Heather Vogel Frederick
- Dr. Stanley Goodspeed, a character in the 1996 US film ''The Rock''