57%RatingSave Gender Masculine & Feminine Usage Arabic Scripts جودت(Arabic) Pronounced Pron. /ˈd͡ʒaw.dat/ [key·simplify] Meaning & History Means "goodness, excellence" in Arabic, derived from جاد (jāda) meaning "to be excellent, to be generous". Related NamesFamily Tree·Details RootjādaVariantGawdatOther Languages & CulturesCevdet(Turkish) Categories goodness, greatness