Godfrey Forename
Approximately 703,847 people bear this name
Godfrey Forename Definition:
A male name. Old German Godafrid, compound of Guda ‘god’ and frithu ‘peace’. There was a corresponding Old English Godfrith, but it was not common and the medieval Godfry and Godefry seems to represent a Norman version of the Old German name rather than a survival of the Old English one.
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| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 99% | 291,023 | 1:141 | 22 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 144,516 | 1:365 | 43 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 40,103 | 1:385 | 44 |
| Zambia | - | 38,685 | 1:410 | 78 |
| South Africa | 100% | 37,089 | 1:1,470 | 218 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 35,601 | 1:4,988 | 816 |
| Kenya | 100% | 35,287 | 1:1,312 | 258 |
| Malawi | 100% | 24,790 | 1:690 | 153 |
| Rwanda | 100% | 8,218 | 1:1,384 | 296 |
| Mozambique | - | 6,720 | 1:4,054 | 816 |
| Sudan | 100% | 5,354 | 1:7,061 | 1,020 |
| United States | 100% | 5,177 | 1:70,028 | 3,510 |
| England | 100% | 5,161 | 1:10,774 | 831 |
| Ghana | 100% | 4,888 | 1:5,521 | 672 |
| Philippines | 100% | 3,292 | 1:32,202 | 2,776 |
| Botswana | 100% | 2,221 | 1:984 | 161 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 2,146 | 1:9,692 | 1,463 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 1,431 | 1:15,102 | 1,517 |
| Jamaica | - | 1,211 | 1:2,381 | 519 |
| Papua New Guinea | 99% | 1,106 | 1:7,371 | 772 |
| Guyana | 100% | 945 | 1:808 | 99 |
| Canada | 100% | 839 | 1:39,492 | 2,830 |
| India | 100% | 831 | 1:1,461,947 | 84,593 |
| Bahamas | - | 764 | 1:523 | 116 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 552 | 1:1,052 | 201 |
| Malta | - | 460 | 1:933 | 204 |
| Wales | 100% | 411 | 1:7,529 | 714 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 408 | 1:75,521 | 8,273 |
| Liberia | 100% | 367 | 1:12,022 | 1,002 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 323 | 1:4,215 | 758 |
| Australia | - | 262 | 1:52,128 | 2,431 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 258 | 1:13,761 | 763 |
| New Zealand | - | 250 | 1:18,144 | 1,495 |
| Malaysia | 99% | 227 | 1:134,141 | 8,715 |
| Swaziland | - | 205 | 1:6,342 | 1,007 |
| Poland | - | 188 | 1:202,272 | 3,614 |
| Namibia | - | 168 | 1:14,311 | 1,500 |
| Belize | 100% | 166 | 1:2,134 | 485 |
| Kuwait | - | 152 | 1:24,903 | 2,523 |
| Ireland | 100% | 149 | 1:31,165 | 1,259 |
| Scotland | 100% | 131 | 1:40,842 | 1,425 |
| Grenada | 97% | 117 | 1:924 | 176 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 110 | 1:671,160 | 22,021 |
| Hong Kong | - | 101 | 1:76,760 | 2,687 |
| Chile | 100% | 81 | 1:217,373 | 3,841 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 67 | 1:1,665 | 307 |
| Saint Lucia | 98% | 64 | 1:2,778 | 520 |
| Barbados | - | 63 | 1:4,600 | 728 |
| Bahrain | - | 59 | 1:22,859 | 3,234 |
| China | - | 53 | 1:25,774,637 | 60,738 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 45 | 1:45,333 | 4,854 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 43 | 1:166,325 | 11,451 |
| Iceland | - | 40 | 1:9,150 | 869 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 40 | 1:422,552 | 11,255 |
| Sweden | 100% | 37 | 1:266,430 | 8,432 |
| Qatar | 100% | 36 | 1:65,822 | 8,074 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 36 | 1:320,862 | 717 |
| Peru | 100% | 35 | 1:908,327 | 12,675 |
| Iraq | - | 34 | 1:1,029,937 | 8,327 |
| Singapore | 100% | 33 | 1:190,517 | 8,408 |
| Seychelles | 100% | 32 | 1:2,896 | 621 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 29 | 1:63,557 | 1,302 |
| Mexico | 95% | 26 | 1:4,774,786 | 19,556 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 23 | 1:2,665 | 568 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 23 | 1:4,772 | 795 |
| Brazil | 100% | 22 | 1:9,738,007 | 121,504 |
| Colombia | - | 22 | 1:2,171,769 | 17,581 |
| Aruba | - | 21 | 1:4,942 | 942 |
| Germany | 100% | 21 | 1:4,603,708 | 19,313 |
| Guam | - | 21 | 1:7,650 | 1,166 |
| Norway | 100% | 21 | 1:244,397 | 5,727 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 21 | 1:2,612 | 559 |
| Thailand | 100% | 20 | 1:3,503,291 | 76,523 |
| Ecuador | - | 19 | 1:932,996 | 7,538 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 18 | 1:1,677,883 | 31,093 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 17 | 1:1,838 | 426 |
| France | 100% | 16 | 1:4,154,396 | 18,164 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 16 | 1:443,041 | 536 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 16 | 1:1,485,605 | 45,572 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 15 | 1:6,626 | 1,171 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 15 | 1:547,566 | 8,396 |
| Spain | 100% | 13 | 1:3,579,228 | 14,309 |
| Italy | 100% | 12 | 1:5,088,508 | 23,387 |
| Angola | 100% | 9 | 1:2,996,290 | 3,522 |
| Bangladesh | - | 9 | 1:17,717,930 | 19,122 |
| Ethiopia | - | 9 | 1:10,840,015 | 14,737 |
| Fiji | - | 9 | 1:99,153 | 1,900 |
| Morocco | - | 9 | 1:3,816,515 | 8,291 |
| Togo | - | 9 | 1:804,360 | 4,738 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 9 | 1:3,856 | 936 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 8 | 1:24,294,710 | 113,215 |
| Benin | - | 7 | 1:1,510,835 | 32,846 |
| Jersey | - | 7 | 1:14,283 | 1,073 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 6 | 1:885,010 | 3,389 |
| Belgium | 100% | 5 | 1:2,298,008 | 20,299 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 5 | 1:953,590 | 10,779 |
| Curaçao | - | 5 | 1:31,161 | 859 |
| Finland | 100% | 5 | 1:1,096,637 | 9,775 |
| Israel | 100% | 5 | 1:1,680,584 | 18,495 |
| Japan | - | 5 | 1:25,597,211 | 50,433 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 4 | 1:3,314 | 681 |
| Bermuda | - | 4 | 1:16,206 | 1,525 |
| Denmark | - | 4 | 1:1,412,374 | 15,217 |
| Dominica | - | 4 | 1:18,868 | 592 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 4 | 1:284,422 | 684 |
| Greece | - | 4 | 1:2,733,637 | 12,935 |
| Indonesia | - | 4 | 1:64,490,917 | 960,943 |
| Libya | - | 4 | 1:1,555,327 | 1,779 |
| Macau | - | 4 | 1:152,052 | 991 |
| Oman | - | 4 | 1:1,027,167 | 6,577 |
| Portugal | - | 4 | 1:2,602,716 | 8,189 |
| Somalia | - | 4 | 1:3,381,467 | 5,208 |
| South Korea | - | 4 | 1:1,386,105 | 20,690 |
| Argentina | 100% | 3 | 1:14,257,748 | 23,489 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 3 | 1:290,359 | 3,456 |
| Russia | - | 3 | 1:48,077,901 | 98,779 |
| Afghanistan | - | 2 | 1:16,311,758 | 48,279 |
| Nauru | 100% | 2 | 1:5,964 | 459 |
| Albania | - | 1 | 1:3,046,570 | 49,159 |
| Algeria | - | 1 | 1:38,176,720 | 32,669 |
| American Samoa | - | 1 | 1:55,845 | 3,376 |
| Austria | - | 1 | 1:8,514,201 | 19,377 |
| Brunei | - | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Burkina Faso | - | 1 | 1:18,379,469 | 100,219 |
| Congo | - | 1 | 1:5,009,205 | 37,978 |
| Cook Islands | - | 1 | 1:18,153 | 1,349 |
| Czechia | - | 1 | 1:10,656,162 | 11,509 |
| Egypt | - | 1 | 1:91,900,946 | 53,283 |
| Gambia | - | 1 | 1:1,926,596 | 1,391 |
| Georgia | - | 1 | 1:3,738,466 | 29,095 |
| Guatemala | - | 1 | 1:16,108,429 | 13,998 |
| Haiti | - | 1 | 1:10,726,953 | 41,696 |
| Isle of Man | - | 1 | 1:85,023 | 723 |
| Ivory Coast | - | 1 | 1:23,075,933 | 135,227 |
| Jordan | - | 1 | 1:8,826,774 | 11,126 |
| Kyrgyzstan | - | 1 | 1:5,973,277 | 46,622 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 1 | 1:564,049 | 5,042 |
| Madagascar | - | 1 | 1:23,629,408 | 6,628 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 1 | 1:51,230 | 5,014 |
| Niger | - | 1 | 1:19,183,994 | 77,442 |
| Panama | - | 1 | 1:3,906,557 | 40,800 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 1 | 1:7,236,805 | 16,549 |
| Romania | - | 1 | 1:20,051,976 | 55,376 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 1 | 1:5,829 | 386 |
| Senegal | - | 1 | 1:14,581,356 | 34,505 |
| Serbia | - | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| Suriname | - | 1 | 1:552,811 | 5,457 |
| Tajikistan | - | 1 | 1:8,374,922 | 7,831 |
| Turkey | - | 1 | 1:77,801,709 | 91,051 |
| Vanuatu | - | 1 | 1:261,792 | 1,604 |
| Vietnam | - | 1 | 1:92,623,113 | 10,484 |
Godfrey (140,339) may also be a surname.
Godfrey Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A male name. Old German Godafrid, compound of Guda ‘god’ and frithu ‘peace’. There was a corresponding Old English Godfrith, but it was not common and the medieval Godfry and Godefry seems to represent a Norman version of the Old German name rather than a survival of the Old English one. It was common in the 12th and 13th C and gave rise to the surnames Godfrey, Godfree, Godfreed, &c. In later times it has sometimes been confused with Geoffrey (q.v.), tat was quite separate in the Middle Ages, appearing in Latin as Godefridus while Geoffrey was Galfridus or Goisfridus. Godefridus Domesday Book 1086, Curia Regis Rolls 1187-1220, Pipe Roll 1161. Godfrey Hundred Rolls 1273. Godefray Hundred Rolls 1273.
From Teutonic, it denotes ‘God’s peace’; the Dutch is Godfried, the German Gottfried (earlier Gottfrid). Godfrey, abbot of St. Quentin in the early C11, ‘named two godsons, the canonized bishop of Amiens (1066-1115), and the far more famous Gottfried of Lorraine, who might well, as leader of the crusading camp, bequeath his name to all the nations whose representatives fought under him, and thus we find it everywhere... We received one Godfrey from the conqueror of Jerusalem’—Gottfried of Lorraine, i. e. Godfrey of Bouillon (1060-1100)—‘but previously the Gottfried had been taken up by the French, and was much used by the Angevin counts in the Gallicized form of Geoffroi’, Yonge. (See also Geoffrey.)
A Teutonic name, meaning: Divinely peaceful: peace of God.
A Gaelic name: Goraidh, Middle Gaelic Gofraig (1467 MS.), Godfrey (do.), Irish Gofraidh (F.M.), Middle Irish Gothfrith, Gofraig, also Gofraig (Tigernach, 989), Early Irish Gothfraid (Lib. Lein.), E. Welsh Gothrit (Ann. Camb.). The Norse name, for it is Norse-men that are referred to, is Goðröðr or Gudrod (also Góröðr), but the earlier Gaelic shows rather a name allied to the Anglo-Saxon Godefrid, German Gottfried, “God’s peace.” Modern Gaelic is more like the Norse. The Dictionaries give Gaelic Guaidhre as the equivalent of Godfrey, for which, however, see M'Quarrie.
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