Boy · Germanic, through Norman French
Godfrey
Say it: GOD-free
Meaning
From Germanic god 'god' and frid 'peace'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Brought by the Normans and long used in England.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1880s
In the United States
- 3,197 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1881, about 1 in 11,200 boys
- 12 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Godefroy
| French | Godefroy |
|---|---|
| German | Gottfried |
| Italian | Goffredo |
Famous bearers
- Godfrey of Bouillon, crusader
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Where this comes from
- The Domesday Book (1086) source
- Royal and noble genealogies
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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