Godfrey
English
Etymology
From Old French Godefrei, from Old High German Godafrid (“peace of God”), from got (“god”) + fridu (“peace”). Doublet of Gottfried and Geoffrey.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɡɑdfɹi/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɡɒdfɹi/
- Hyphenation: God‧frey
Proper noun
Godfrey
- A male given name from the Germanic languages.
- A surname originating as a patronymic.
- A number of places in the United States:
- A census-designated place in Morgan County, Georgia.
- A village in Madison County, Illinois.
- An unincorporatedcommunity in Bourbon County, Kansas.
- An extinct town in Stevens County, Washington.
- An unincorporatedcommunity and coal town in Mercer County, West Virginia.
- A community north of Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
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
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