Goodyear

See also: goodyear

English

Etymology

Probably a nickname from Middle English good + year, bestowed on someone who frequently used the expression.

Proper noun

Goodyear (countable and uncountable, plural Goodyears)

1. A surname from Middle English.
2. A city in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States.

Derived terms

• Goodyear welt

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Goodyear is the 10910^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2918 individuals. Goodyear is most common among White (92.22%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Goodyear”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 65.