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Godfrey

in Delaware

There are 91 people with the last name "Godfrey" in Delaware.

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Ranking in Delaware

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Godfrey 1,051
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  1. is 1,047th most common Coates
  2. is 1,048th most common Davenport
  3. is 1,049th most common Desmond
  4. is 1,050th most common Gale
  5. is 1,051st most common Godfrey
  6. is 1,052nd most common Hanson
  7. is 1,053rd most common Hinton
  8. is 1,054th most common Lin
  9. is 1,055th most common Manley

Most Common First Names for Godfrey

Barry, Daniel, Donald, Eugene, George, James, Amy, Arthur, Carolyn, Donna

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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