Godfrey

English

Etymology

Name of medieval French saints, of Germanic origin, introduced to Britain by the Normans. God (“god or good”) + fred (“peace”). There is considerable confusion with Geoffrey.

Proper noun

Godfrey

1. A male given name.
2. A patronymic surname.

Quotations

• ~1611 William Rowley, A New Wonder, A Woman Never Vexed, Old English Plays, edited by C.W.Dilke 1815, Act III

  - - - my godfather by his bounty ( being an old soldier, and having serv'd in the wars as far as Bulloigne, therefore ) call'd my name Godfrey, a title of large renown; my wealth and wit has added to those, the paraphrase of knighthood; so that my name in the full longitude is called Sir Godfrey Speedwell, a name of good experience.

Translations

male given name

• Bengali: গডফ্রে (bn)
• Catalan: Godofré (ca), Jofré (ca)
• Danish: Gotfred (da)
• Dutch: Godfried (nl)
• Esperanto: Gotfredo (eo)
• French: Godefroy (fr)
• Galician: Godofredo (gl)
• German: Gottfried (de)
• Greek: Γοδεφρείδος (el) (Godefreídos)
• Hungarian: Gotfrid (hu)
• Icelandic: Guðfreður (is)
• Irish: Gofraidh (ga)
• Italian: Goffredo (it)

• Latin: Godefridus (la)
• Low German: Gootje (nds)
• Manx: Gorree (gv) m
• Polish: Godfryd (pl)
• Portuguese: Godofredo (pt)
• Russian: Готфрид (ru) (Gotfrid)
• Scottish Gaelic: Goiridh (gd), Goraidh (gd)
• Serbo-Croatian:
  • Cyrillic: Готфрид (sh)
  • Roman: Godfrid (sh)
• Spanish: Godofredo (es)
• Swedish: Gottfrid (sv)