goodness knows

1. No one knows. (A variant of "God knows.") Goodness knows how long it will take for my application to be processed. A: "How do you think you did on your exam?" B: "Goodness knows!"

2. It is true, certain, or definite that; it is obvious or clear that. Goodness knows I need to do well on this test, or I can kiss my scholarship goodbye!

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Lorenz	LO-rents	German
Aspden	['æspdən]
Daren	DER-ən, DAR-ən	English
Adam	A-dəm (English), a-DAWN (French), AH-dahm (German, Polish), AH:-dahm (Dutch), ah-DAHM (Russian, Ukrainian)	English, French, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Russian, Ukrainia
Curtis	['kə:tis]
Katri	KAHT-ree	Finnish