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Godfrey

in Arizona

There are 394 people with the last name "Godfrey" in Arizona.

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Godfrey 1,384
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  1. is 1,380th most common Maher
  2. is 1,381st most common Adame
  3. is 1,382nd most common Colvin
  4. is 1,383rd most common Friend
  5. is 1,384th most common Godfrey
  6. is 1,385th most common Root
  7. is 1,386th most common Ledesma
  8. is 1,387th most common Lomeli
  9. is 1,388th most common Sheehan

Most Common First Names for Godfrey

John, James, Donald, Mark, Robert, David, Eric, Richard, Thomas, Adam

Meaning & 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.

FOREBEARS An Irish family of the name Godfrey originated in Romney, Kent. The first of them to settle in Ireland was Colonel John Godfrey, who was rewarded with lands in Kerry for his services in the 1641 rebellion. Godefroy, Lord of Normanville, from Normandy, was married in Trois Rivières, Quebec, in 1636. He was captured by the Iroquois in 1652. His brother, Lord of Linctot, from Rouen, was also married in 1636 in Trois Rivières, and lived from 1629 to 1632 among the Hurons. Another Godefroy, from Paris, was a trader and interpreter from 1623.

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