Gutekunst

Gute(n)kunst is a southern German surname, literally meaning "good at art". It originates from the Black Forest of the former kingdom of Württemberg. According to some onomasticians, the name describes an "artful" or "skillful" person. Others claim that the name has a matronymic meaning and is a combination of ''Guta'' (female name, popular in the Middle Ages in southern Germany) and ''Kunz'' (short for Konstatin or Konrad). The meaning would thus be ''Kunz, son of Guta''.

After emigration to America, the name has been spelled in various ways (e.g. Gutakunst or Guttikunst). It has even been translated to ''Goodart'' or spelled as ''Goodykoontz'', so that its English pronunciation would come closer to its southern German phonetic, which indeed is ''Goode-Koonsht''. Provided by Wikipedia