Goodstein

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Goodstein

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Etymology

Partial translation of German Gutstein, a Jewish Ashkenazi surname.

Proper noun

Goodstein (plural Goodsteins)

1. A surname from German.
   • 2025 October 6, Cindy Von Quednow, “South Carolina authorities are investigating a fire that engulfed the home of state circuit court judge”, in CNN‎:

     Firefighters from multiple fire departments responded to the fire at Edisto Beach in Colleton County on Saturday afternoon. The house is owned by Judge Diane Goodstein and her husband, former state Sen. Arnold Goodstein.

Derived terms

• Goodstein sequence
• Goodstein's theorem

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Goodstein is the 41038^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 531 individuals. Goodstein is most common among White (96.05%) individuals.

Further reading

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