Name Goof Gender Masculine Usage Dutch (Rare), Limburgish (Rare) Pronounced Pron. /ˈχoːf/(Dutch) /ˈɣoːf/(Limburgish) Edit Status Status Meaning & History Short form of Godfried via its variant Govert (also found written as Gofert and Goffert).A known bearer of this name is the Dutch hockey player Goof van der Kamp (b. 1991).