Godfrey

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Etymology

From Old French Godefrei, from Old High German Godafrid (“peace of God”), from Proto-Germanic *Gudafriþuz. Equivalent to god +‎ frith. Doublet of Gottfried and Geoffrey.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Godfrey (countable and uncountable, plural Godfreys)

  1. A male given name from the Germanic languages.
  2. A surname originating as a patronymic.
  3. A placename
    1. A number of places in the United States:
      1. A census-designated place in Morgan County, Georgia.
      2. A village in Madison County, Illinois.
      3. An unincorporated community in Bourbon County, Kansas.
      4. An extinct town in Stevens County, Washington.
      5. An unincorporated community and coal town in Mercer County, West Virginia.
    2. 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.

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