The godfrey Surname
godfrey Name Meaning and History
- English: from the Norman personal name Godefrei, Godefroi(s), composed of the Germanic elements god, got ‘god’ + frid(u), fred ‘peace’. See also Jeffrey.
- Americanized form of Irish Mac Gothraidh or Ó Gothraidh, patronymics from the Irish equivalent of Godfrey (see 1 above), borrowed from the Vikings.
- Americanized form of the French surname Godefroi, of the same origin as 1.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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