Godfrey
English edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɡɑdfɹi/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɡɒdfɹi/
- Hyphenation: God‧frey
Proper noun edit
Godfrey (countable and uncountable, plural Godfreys)
- A male given name from the Germanic languages.
- A surname originating as a patronymic.
- A placename
- A number of places in the United States:
- A census-designated place in Morgan County, Georgia.
- A village in Madison County, Illinois.
- An unincorporated community in Bourbon County, Kansas.
- An extinct town in Stevens County, Washington.
- An unincorporated community and coal town in Mercer County, West Virginia.
- A community north of Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
- A number of places in the United States:
Quotations edit
- ~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 edit
male given name
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