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Boy · Old High German
Gottfried
Say it: GOT-freet
Meaning
From Germanic god/got 'god' and frid 'peace'; some read the first element as 'good'.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 115 babies given this name since 1913
- At its height in 1913, about 1 in 64,100 boys
- Fewer than 5 babies a year in 2020
Through the ages
- The High and Late Middle Ages1100 to 1450
- The Renaissance1400 to 1600
- The Age of Revolutions1750 to 1837
- Victorian and Belle Époque1837 to 1914
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Götz
| English | Godfrey |
|---|---|
| French | Godefroy |
| Italian | Goffredo |
| Dutch | Godfried |
Famous bearers
- Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, philosopher
- Gottfried von Strassburg, poet
- Godfrey of Bouillon, crusader
Names worth a look
Where this comes from
- Well-known works of literature
- Royal and noble genealogies
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.
Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.