Göte (first name)
Göte is a male name .
Origin and meaning
The name is the Swedish form of the Old Norse name Gauti , derived from gautr , which means Goth .
The female variant is Göta .
Variants in other languages include Gautselin, Gozzo, Gauti, Gaute, Gosse, Jocelyn , Josselin and Joscelin .
Well-known namesake
- Göte Almqvist (1921–1994), Swedish ice hockey player
- Göte Blomqvist (1928–2003), Swedish ice hockey player
- Göte Fyhring (* 1929), Swedish actor
- Göte Hagström (1918–2014), Swedish obstacle runner
- Göte Hass (* 1933), Swedish businessman, founder of the fashion label "Marc O'Polo"
- Göte Turesson (1892–1970), Swedish botanist
- Göte Wälitalo (* 1956), Swedish ice hockey goalkeeper and coach
See also
Individual evidence
- ^ Mike Campbell: Meaning, origin and history of the name Göte. Retrieved April 30, 2019 .