Welsh: nickname for a red-haired person (see Gough).English (of Cornish and Breton origin): occupational name from
Cornish and Breton goff ‘smith’ (cognate with Gaelic
gobha). The surname is common in East Anglia, where it is of
Breton origin, introduced by followers of William the Conqueror.Irish: reduced form of McGoff.
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