What is "goethals"

Goethals is a Dutch surname originating in Flanders. It seems to be derived from Goedaels, meaning "good ale", and, equivalent to the English and German surnames Goodale and Gutbier, would have referred to a brewer. People with the surname include:

• Angela Goethals (born 1977), American actress
• Christian Goethals (1928–2003), Belgian racing driver
• Félix Goethals (1891–1962), Belgian road bicycle racer
• :fr:Félix-Victor Goethals (1798–1872), Belgian historian, librarian and genealogist
• George Washington Goethals (1858–1928), United States Army officer and civil engineer
• Guy Goethals (born 1952), Belgian football referee
• Henry Goethals (c.1217–1293), Flemish scholastic philosopher
• Lucien Goethals (1931–2006), Belgian composer
• Paul Goethals (1832–1901), Belgian Jesuit priest, first Catholic archbishop of Calcutta.
• Pieter Goethals (1826–1860), Flemish victim of judicial error, beheaded for a murder he did not commit
• Raymond Goethals (1921–2004), Belgian football coach
• Thomás Goethals (born 1983), Dutch/Mexican DJ

Named after George Washington Goethals

• Goethals Bridge in New York City
• Goethals Medal awarded by the Society of American Military Engineers
• USS General G. W. Goethals (ID-1443) and USNS George W. Goethals (T-AP-182), US Navy ships
• Dredge Goethals US Army ocean-going hopper dredger

Named after Paul Goethals

• Goethals Memorial School administered by the Congregation of Christian Brothers in India