goddaughter

English

Etymology

From Middle English goddoghter, goddoȝter, from Old English goddohtor (“goddaughter”), equivalent to god +‎ daughter. Cognate with Danish guddatter (“goddaughter”), Swedish guddotter (“goddaughter”), Icelandic guðdóttir (“goddaughter”).

Noun

goddaughter (plural goddaughters)

1. A female child whose baptism is sponsored by a godparent.

Translations

A female child whose baptism is sponsored by a godparent.

• Catalan: fillola (ca) f
• Danish: guddatter
• Esperanto: baptofilino
• Finnish: kummitytär
• French: filleule (fr)
• Greek: αναδεχτή (el) f (anadechtí), αναδεξιμιά (el) f (anadeximiá), βαφτισιμιά (el) f (vaftisimiá)
• Hungarian: keresztlány (hu)
• Ido: baptofiliino
• Italian: figlioccia f
• Latvian: krustmeita

• Norman: filieuthe f (Jersey)
• Portuguese: afilhada (pt) f
• Romanian: fină (ro) f
• Russian: крёстная дочь f (krjóstnaja dočʹ), кре́стница (ru) f (kréstnica)
• Scottish Gaelic: ban-dalta-baistidh f, daltag f
• Slovak: krstná dcéra f
• Spanish: ahijada (es) f
• Swedish: guddotter c
• Volapük: jispönäb

Related terms

• godchild
• godfather
• godmother
• godparent
• godson